Picked this one up on ebay as a non runner for a decent price. Had to replace the coils in it, but otherwise it was in good shape. I thought that the diamond indices were really interesting and that they went well with the "up down" day date complication. These Accutrons and other non quartz electric watches have really captivated me as of recent. Even though they make up a small portion of my collection I find these taking up a lot of wrist time. I hope to post my other few Accutron watches as well as the rest of my Bulova collection soon.
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In reply to Note the diamonds at 2,4, 8… by mybulova_admin
My original thought was that the diamonds were a later addition, but upon further inspection I came to the conclusion that they had to be original to the dial. For starters I also have a base model Accutron Date and Day "Q" and the codes on the undersides of the dials to indicate the variant are not the same. Secondly if the diamond dial on this started its life as a base Date and Day there would be small holes in the dial where the old indexes used to be that the diamond settings wouldn't have covered up. This is not the case. Also the comment from admin that there are other Accutron models with factory diamond dials confirms at least to me that the dial is indeed factory original.