Hi Didier, I would bet that it still works, and he couldn't get mercury cells to power it with anymore. Accutrons eat cells for lunch. You get 1 year and not much more. Remember the one transistor oscillator is cranking 24/7, and the hum is audible if the watch sits on any kind of sounding board.
I'd be happy to help. -Chuck Harris Didier Juges wrote: > Chuck, > > My dad has one of the original tuning fork Accutron. I know he stopped > wearing it a while back, but I am not sure why. I will ask him if he still > has it and if it works and in case he does, I would like to go back to you > for more information in order to make it work again, if that's OK. > > Thanks in advance, _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.