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"Ironically for a company which once touted its tuning fork technology as a major advance over traditional mechanical timepieces, the current Astronaut model features automatic ETA SA movement, making it far more similar to the rival Omega."
You could say the same about the Omega f300hz which, despite omega touting their mechanical movements better than the tuning fork to get the nasa contract, the f300hz omegas used a tuning fork mechanism. The 'ironically' statement is not exactly neutral in tone, and is contrary to wikipedia's rules see Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid - 199.181.134.222 ( talk) 21:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
The first, paid, official television commercial was, indeed, the Bulova Watch placement on NBC flagship station WNBT New York on July 1, 1941. However, it is a widespread and often misquoted piece of misinformation that it was a map of the USA or a watch face that was televised that day as the commercial. It was, in fact, a placement on the WNBT test pattern, which was modified to look like a clock, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time" in the lower right hand corner. That was, in fact, the first paid advertisement on the very first day of commercially licensed telecasting. The Early Television Society of Columbus, Ohio has confirmed this report by unearthing a photograph of the test pattern/clock itself as evidence and confirmation of the recollections of surviving NBC crew members and viewers of the telecast. http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/rca_bulova_ad-1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.252.242.230 ( talk) 02:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
OK, fair enough. Here's a source: New York Times, July 6, 1941. Article entitled: "Imagery For Profit" by R.W. Stewart. This is an article about television going commercial five days earlier, and some specifics about WNBT and what they did on that first day. Quote from the article:
"As last week's lone starter under the new rules, WNBT began its commercial career with four sponsors, all of whom presented programs to mark the first day of television as an advertising medium. The station, located atop the Empire State Building, received the first license for business operations, since NBC made early application for commercial standing, indicating its ability to go into immediate service under the new status. No transmitter problem was involved because the station has been on the air experimentally since June, 1936. The first attempt to attract prospective customers was made under the sponsorship of a watch manufacturing concern, which paid $4 for the privilege of having a test pattern resembling a clock face flashed on the screen. The pattern remained on the air for a minute, while the second hand traced its way around the dial" 24.252.242.230 ( talk) 03:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't know sure about Mercury and Gemini project. Apollo project spacecrafts mission timers I'm sure that were kept updated by a clock division of the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer) main clock of 2048 Hz (in particular the F10 division of the main clock at 100Hz and the routine of the T3rupt interrupt to keep the clock update also in AGC standby mode F17 subdivision, update with compensation every 1,28 seconds). The main clock generating device of the Apollo Guidance Computer was a quartz crystal. Being aware of that, and with the "citation needed" quote on the "Omega SA" page about watches in space exploration on this argument, I recomed to find more sources or to change something, in particular in relation to Apollo missions (even Apollo 11 first landing on the moon) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scteff ( talk • contribs) 20:12, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Bulova apparently morphed into the Bulova Technology Corporation? Or did it? Did the latter then morph into "BT Techologies LLC". If this is totally misleading will worry about deleting it from view later. Right now, I am confused, but I don't want to confuse someone else later! Student7 ( talk) 00:34, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Precisionist being a quartz movement, it does not seem right to compare the bph with mechanical movements. Otherwise, if we are to mix all types of horological movements, then we may as well state that the fluidity of Precisionist's second hand movement, though greater than 36000 hi-beat mechanical watch models, still do not match the tuning fork based Bulova Accutron (perceived continuous motion) and the spring drive technology (true continous motion) developed by Seiko. 2014.1.21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.35.137 ( talk) 18:24, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
mybulova.com and watchophilia.com look a lot like fansites to me, complete with the requisite web forums attached. Is there some reason these should be used in Wikipedia? Is there any evidence that either one has the usual editorial standards required of a reliable source? ☆ Bri ( talk) 05:49, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
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"Ironically for a company which once touted its tuning fork technology as a major advance over traditional mechanical timepieces, the current Astronaut model features automatic ETA SA movement, making it far more similar to the rival Omega."
You could say the same about the Omega f300hz which, despite omega touting their mechanical movements better than the tuning fork to get the nasa contract, the f300hz omegas used a tuning fork mechanism. The 'ironically' statement is not exactly neutral in tone, and is contrary to wikipedia's rules see Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid - 199.181.134.222 ( talk) 21:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
The first, paid, official television commercial was, indeed, the Bulova Watch placement on NBC flagship station WNBT New York on July 1, 1941. However, it is a widespread and often misquoted piece of misinformation that it was a map of the USA or a watch face that was televised that day as the commercial. It was, in fact, a placement on the WNBT test pattern, which was modified to look like a clock, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time" in the lower right hand corner. That was, in fact, the first paid advertisement on the very first day of commercially licensed telecasting. The Early Television Society of Columbus, Ohio has confirmed this report by unearthing a photograph of the test pattern/clock itself as evidence and confirmation of the recollections of surviving NBC crew members and viewers of the telecast. http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/rca_bulova_ad-1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.252.242.230 ( talk) 02:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
OK, fair enough. Here's a source: New York Times, July 6, 1941. Article entitled: "Imagery For Profit" by R.W. Stewart. This is an article about television going commercial five days earlier, and some specifics about WNBT and what they did on that first day. Quote from the article:
"As last week's lone starter under the new rules, WNBT began its commercial career with four sponsors, all of whom presented programs to mark the first day of television as an advertising medium. The station, located atop the Empire State Building, received the first license for business operations, since NBC made early application for commercial standing, indicating its ability to go into immediate service under the new status. No transmitter problem was involved because the station has been on the air experimentally since June, 1936. The first attempt to attract prospective customers was made under the sponsorship of a watch manufacturing concern, which paid $4 for the privilege of having a test pattern resembling a clock face flashed on the screen. The pattern remained on the air for a minute, while the second hand traced its way around the dial" 24.252.242.230 ( talk) 03:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Don't know sure about Mercury and Gemini project. Apollo project spacecrafts mission timers I'm sure that were kept updated by a clock division of the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer) main clock of 2048 Hz (in particular the F10 division of the main clock at 100Hz and the routine of the T3rupt interrupt to keep the clock update also in AGC standby mode F17 subdivision, update with compensation every 1,28 seconds). The main clock generating device of the Apollo Guidance Computer was a quartz crystal. Being aware of that, and with the "citation needed" quote on the "Omega SA" page about watches in space exploration on this argument, I recomed to find more sources or to change something, in particular in relation to Apollo missions (even Apollo 11 first landing on the moon) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scteff ( talk • contribs) 20:12, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Bulova apparently morphed into the Bulova Technology Corporation? Or did it? Did the latter then morph into "BT Techologies LLC". If this is totally misleading will worry about deleting it from view later. Right now, I am confused, but I don't want to confuse someone else later! Student7 ( talk) 00:34, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Precisionist being a quartz movement, it does not seem right to compare the bph with mechanical movements. Otherwise, if we are to mix all types of horological movements, then we may as well state that the fluidity of Precisionist's second hand movement, though greater than 36000 hi-beat mechanical watch models, still do not match the tuning fork based Bulova Accutron (perceived continuous motion) and the spring drive technology (true continous motion) developed by Seiko. 2014.1.21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.35.137 ( talk) 18:24, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
mybulova.com and watchophilia.com look a lot like fansites to me, complete with the requisite web forums attached. Is there some reason these should be used in Wikipedia? Is there any evidence that either one has the usual editorial standards required of a reliable source? ☆ Bri ( talk) 05:49, 12 November 2023 (UTC)