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Accutron

/ ˈæːˌٰɒ /

noun

  1. a type of watch in which the balance wheel and hairspring are replaced by a tuning fork kept in vibration by a tiny internal battery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“When you’re in for armed robbery, you need things that will last. Good thing my Accutron watch is guaranteed for 20 years. Accutron: Nobody does time better.”

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The now 59-year-old actress said on the Accutron Show podcast with Bill McCuddy that she was constantly approached by older men who would try to lure her to photo shoots and took plenty of meetings in hotel rooms with movie producers.

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My first watch, which was originally my grandfather’s, was an Accutron Spaceview that is an early electric watch that is powered by a tuning fork.

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The nonfiction, critics argue, pours out in a humming Accutron prose and is needlessly detailed.

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Like that Apollo countdown and Freddy’s Accutron watch, Don’s clock is ticking down.

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