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Although I was trying to be good and not purchase anything till I had sorted out the multitude of watches I have in the queue, I saw this Accutron on the bay and bought it for £32.49 plus about $5 postage to my sons place in LA.

 

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I had not got an Accutron 2210 up to this point in time, and to be honest the movement does not have a particularly good rep for reliability.  However, the parts are comparitively cheap compared to the 214 and 218 and through a quirk of fate I have quite a few NOS 2210 parts that were amongst a job lot of 214 and 218 bits I bought some time ago.

 

It is a 1973 movement and coincidentally that is when these were first produced and the movement is quite small, being used in lots of ladies watches which do not command the same prices as the mens accutrons - good for getting parts.  I queried with the vendor the size and was advised it is 34mm excluding the crown so it is in a mans case.

 

Condition was described as "Awesome" but I will settle for reasonably good seeing it is over 40 years old, there are some scratches on the glass and I deduce from the back that the case is gold plated which is difficult to tell from the photos, but I will take what comes.

 

It will be a while until it is sent over to me along with some 218 coils I took a punt on but I look forward to seeing it.

 

Was not going to buy any more repair jobs but I weakened, however, I am definitely back on the wagon for a while.

 

Cheers,

 

Vic

 

 

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There needs to be a twelve step program for Ebay addiction. 

 

"Hello, I'm Dave and I have a watch problem"

 

;)

 

David S - who has enough watches to fix to keep him busy until the end of time

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Got the watch and the condition is indeed good. It's a nice steel case.

Took out the battery and it is dead so I have sent off for a couple of Renatas. I have a compatible one but it is off one of those sheets of batteries you get for a pound and I resisted the urge to try it out. Hopefully in a couple of days time the new ones will be here and who knows.

Cheers,

Vic

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That's a nice looking piece you've got their Vic. Fingers crossed that it doesn't need anything changed in the engine room.

Vich Distinguished Member

Vich

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And some you win !

The engine room is fully functional George with a new battery inserted and would you believe the pointers are moving as well.

There is a slight blemish to the left of the tuning fork insignia but I have decided to leave it alone for now and just check the accuracy is ok. The Vendor has put a new brown seiko calfskin strap on it which, though not quite right for the SS watch will also do for now.

So I have a fully functional Accutron 2210 - total cost £38.00 which will do for me - question is - will I ever sell it on (wife laughs in the background) - OK probably not.

Cheers,

Vic

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Just an addendum.  On the original photo above it looks like there are black dots on the pointers, in fact there are no black dots anywhere, it must have been mucky when they took the photo - bonus.

Could one of the inimitable moderators put an "i" in pointers above - a small thing I know but it irritates me :cool:

 

Cheers,

 

Vic

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Could one of the inimitable moderators put an "i" in pointers above - a small thing I know but it irritates me

Done!

question is - will I ever sell it on (wife laughs in the background) - OK probably not.

If your like me, probably not.

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question is - will I ever sell it on (wife laughs in the background) - OK probably not.

 

If your like me, probably not.

No comment! :D

Just a small sample...notice the repetition....

 

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Cheers,

 

Blb

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