Originally Posted by
datlas
My dad has a watch that looks very much like that, but is electric and makes a high pitched hum. I think it's also about 60 years old. Should I ask him about it?
Sounds like a Bulova Accutron, one of the first battery operated watches, and the first to use a tuning fork for timing.
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