This also means, however, that the deep scratches were not totally removed.
The gold watch case has been buffed to remove most of the surface scratches, but great care was taken to preserve the beautiful lines of the watch. Instead, in a sympathetic restoration, the goal is to preserve the vintage character of the timepiece, but to give it back its true shine. That is, there are still flaws with the watch–buffing out every single ding and restoring it to a totally new condition is not only impractical, but it also diminishes the value of the watch. There weren’t many of them made at all, and most of the ones that were produced are found in the Accutron 218 series, making this watch, a 214, quite rare.įor this restoration, I did what’s commonly called a sympathetic restoration, which many collectors look for. A pulsation watch makes taking that measurement a very simple process.Īside from the practicality, the pulsation dial is just plain cool. This is the beats per minute (bpm) that doctors and nurses use to tell if you are tachycardic (too fast) or bradycardic (too slow). When you’ve counted out 20 pulses or pulsations, you look at the scale which will tell you how many beats the patient’s heart completes in one minute. In order to take a pulse, you simply place your fingers on the patient’s artery and begin counting when the sweep second hand reaches the first set of arrows. ” For a doctor, nurse, or medical professional, these are actually quite handy. The Doctor’s Pulsation Dial has a Cadeceus (the medical two-snakes-on-a pole emblem) at the 6 O’Clock position and two pulsation scales, one on the right and one on the left, which say ” Enumeras AD XX Pulsus. The serial number is E97018 and it is stamped M7, which dates it to 1967. gold filled bezel with stainless steel case back.