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Smaller Module Offers Greater Freedom in DesignUsing a smaller battery than the previous models, Bulova succeeded in creating a smaller module for this last-period model. Thanks to this module, the watch offers a more complex case and display shape than the previous, square-shaped designs. The back cover design was also revamped by changing the two battery covers that held the batteries in previou...

Pop-up Display Provides a New GimmickThis model offered a stainless steel and gold filled combination. The gold filled portion is usually stored within the stainless case, and with a push of the right button the side-view LED display boldly pops up to display the time. The mode can also be switched with a gentle push of the pop-up portion, allowing display of date and second. This gimmick was tant...

Digital Chronograph Designed as an Aviator Watch This Breitling LED chronograph is unique for its huge case with an attached slide rule, operated by turning the bezel and fulfilling a role as an aviator’s watch. The Frontier-made module features a stopwatch that measures time to 1/100 of a second. About 900 are said to have been sold in only one year, and few remain today. The following year it wa...

Distinctive Huge Single-piece CaseBuler is a mid-sized manufacturer established by the SSIH Group (now Swatch Group) in Switzerland in 1945. It released a large number of low-priced watches that featured a single-piece case design with no openings on the plastic back portion that touches the skin. The battery was changed by removing the silver bezel on the front, then the red screen, then the modu...

A Gorgeous Gold-Filled CaseThis gorgeous design symbolizes the energy of American society in the 1970s. The hammer-finish case and bracelet decorate the wrist with dazzle. Many Bulova watches, which were said to have split popularity with Pulsar, featured decorative designs. With watches such as the Accutron, the first watch to use a tuning fork, Bulova became a leading American watchmaker that de...