How old is this Accurist?

[SKEXIS1]

Hello,

I've just got this Accurist in working order again, but have hardly any details about it at all; there is reference to 'night glow' quartz on the printed glass (though there appears to be no light) and I'm not too sure of it's age. It has a Hitachi module in it.

What do you reckon? I've googled Accurist LCD watches but was surprised at how little info there seems to be about them; then again, maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place!

Cheers

Andy

[Adam]

I would say around 1977-1978. I think Accurist is an English company. The light would have (I think) come from tritium behind the lcd panel in front of the reflector panel. I have had them apart. I might even have one I can take a shot of for you so you can see. The tritium has a life span of 10 years or so. There has been a thread on here on the forum about tritium where someone did a great job of replacing it (not cheap though).

Adam

[Kasper]

http://www.timetrafficker.com/watches/lcd/fairchild-lcd-tritium/index.html have a look here, Abe knows everything about it

[SKEXIS1]

Interesting; thanks! I hadn't thought of tritium being the source of backlighting in watches that old. I do have a Traser with the little tritium vials in set into the hands, but I think I'll keep them in that for the meantime!

Thanks again,

Andy

[simone]

Well,very pretty this Accurist!Love design....a late 70's for sure