About this Vintage Print Ad
A watch advertisement for the Accutron Astronaut emphasizing that Accutron replaced the old-fashioned balance wheel with a tuning fork movement for superior accuracy. The ad claims virtually perfect timekeeping, guarantees monthly accuracy within 60 seconds, and notes that U.S. satellites use Accutron movements and that they have been issued to all X-15 pilots.
- Brand: Accutron watches
- Product: Accutron Astronaut
- Tagline: For 300 years, the most precise time was kept by a balance wheel. Accutron ended that era.
- Publication: Life Magazine
- Year: 1964
Objects in the advertisement: watch, watch band, tuning fork illustration, balance wheel illustration, text
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