SALE ALERT: This watch is on sale in the US for $357 at Jared jewelers (link below). Not sponsored and I don’t know how long the sale runs for… hopefully some of you can take advantage. www.jared.com/bulova-marine-star-mens-watch-97b214/p/V-271020808
I ordered this time piece out of my work catalog that I received for my years of service. The watch came in a couple of days ago and it is a very nice time piece. The vintage appeal of the watch is very charming .
Incredible description… feel like I know exactly what that rec room smells like! And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t in the market for a polyester button down to go with it. 😊
@@MikeyTown13 very cool! I seldom get any compliments for my watches, when I got my Tudor Ranger last year my wife said that it looked like a watch from Lidl haha.
The second hand moves 16 times/sec. which is equivalent to an 8 Hz mechanical. One full oscillation of the balance wheel is 1 Hz in a mechanical movement, and the second hand moves twice in each oscillation. Example: 4 Hz = 4 x 2 x 3600 = 28,800 semi-oscillations/hour.
Thank you for this… I learn so much in the RU-vid comments! At least I got the 16 times/sec right. 😂 The more I wear this one, the more the size looks “right” on my wrist.
Can anyone explain this: The Precisionist movement seems to be unique to Bulova. Grand Seiko is the only other watchmaker to produce a sweeping second hand with its even more precise Spring Drive. But, and here's my question, when it comes to AA battery powered wall clocks, sweeping second hands are ten-a-penny. I have several of them, most of them very cheap, all with that buttery smooth second hand. I *assume* Bulova has a patent on the tech for wristwatches, but it doesn't cover wall clocks? Any other explanation? It surely *can't* be that other watchmakers just can't be bothered to use this tech?! But every clock maker does (and brags about it in their listings). Or, is the wall clock sweeping second hand tech different to Bulova's? Any thoughts?
To my understanding, the tech is different. The Precisionist sweep appears so smooth because the second hand is beating 16 times/second. The Spring Drive movement has a completely different escapement and produces a true smooth sweep. It’s not beating… it’s sweeping. It’s also not battery powered like the Precisionist. I don’t know how the wall clocks work, but I made a clock a few years ago and used one of these movements in it. I think it was $11 on Amazon. 😂
@@MikeyTown13 Cheers Mikey. I think you're right about the different tech: I've filmed my 262 KHz Bulova (a Sea King) using my phone's slo-mo, and can pretty clearly count the sixteen ticks per second. Filming a wall clock in slo-mo it looks to me to be more continuous, possibly totally fluid like a Spring Drive? Maybe the tech in those clocks can't be shrunk down to wristwatch size? Anyway, I love the Bulova movement so much that, after watching your video, I ordered a Jet Star; it's due to arrive this afternoon...
Got lucky on eBay. It was a seller out of Spain. Cheapest I’m seeing right now is a silver/grey dial version for $402 shipping from Germany. It’s worth keeping an eye out to see if any more pop up.
How big around is your wrist? This one is 40mm and the lug to lug is only 45mm. It’s probably worth trying on. I doubt they’d make a new model just to decrease the case width by 2mm.
It might be, but they revised it… the product page says 5 sec/month. All I know is that it’s accurate enough to where I set my other watches based on this one now. 😊
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... I do wish they put this movement in more styles of watch, though. Would love to see it in a classic diver, or a minimalistic dress watch.
Yes! I’m picturing a simple 3-hander in a Longines Master Collection style case with white and black dial options, and maybe a couple fume colored dial options.
