Both releases commemorate the brands' roles in providing timers and timing devices for the U.S. space program.
commander David Scott in 1971, both have long histories providing the space program with timers and timing devices for use on NASA's earliest satellites and human spacecraft.
capsules. Bulova Accutron tuning forks were used to"slice" starlight into scanning patterns for the Apollo navigation system, and Bulova Accutron timers helped control the science experiments left behind by the astronauts on the moon.Gordon Cooper wore an Accutron Astronaut watch on his right wrist during his Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in 1963.
Rather than use a balance wheel mechanism as almost all timepieces before it, the Accutron was the first to successfully employ a battery-driven tuning fork that delivered more accurate time keeping. With its high frequency, it could withstand high G-acceleration and the extreme temperatures associated with high-altitude flights. As such, the Accutron Astronaut became the U.S.
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