Bulova 218
High confidenceEasier to live with and easier to service than the 214, and the more numerous of the two. The crown position is the practical identifier: a 214 has no side crown and a 218 does, and the cases are not interchangeable — so a side-crowned case containing a 214, or a caseback-set case containing a 218, has been assembled from mixed parts.
Specifications
- Movement manufacturer
- Bulova
- Production
- 1966–?
- Frequency
- 2,592,000 vph (360 Hz)
- Winding
- quartz
Architecture
The second-generation tuning-fork caliber: same 360 Hz operating principle, with the setting crown moved to the case side at four o'clock and a quick-set date on most executions.
Related calibers
Succeeded by
Bulova 214
References using this caliber
- Bulova Accutron 218Factory
Accutron · Whole production
Provenance of this record
Sources & Evidence
Primary sourceTechnical documentation
Technical and service literature on the Accutron tuning-fork calibers
Bulova service documentation and horological technical writing
- Accessed
- 2026-08-19
Cited for
This referenceHigh confidence
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