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In 2010, Bulova introduced the Precisionist, a new type of quartz watch with a higher frequency crystal (262 144 Hz, eight times the industry standard 32 768 Hz) which is claimed to be accurate to ±10 seconds per year (0.32 ppm) and has a smooth sweeping seconds hand like automatic watches rather than the typical quartz watch seconds hand that ...
Charles Demuth, Aucassin and Nicolette, oil on canvas, 1921. Precisionism was a modernist art movement that emerged in the United States after World War I.Influenced by Cubism, Purism, and Futurism, Precisionist artists reduced subjects to their essential geometric shapes, eliminated detail, and often used planes of light to create a sense of crisp focus and suggest the sleekness and sheen of ...
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 ...
Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in collaboration with Paul Strand. Sheeler is recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art.
The Bulova Watch Company was founded as a jewelry store in 1875 in Manhattan's Financial District by Henshel's grandfather Joseph Bulova. [2] By the mid-20th century, Bulova was the largest American maker of luxury and middle market watches. [2] Henshel began work at Bulova following World War II after serving with the
In 2010, Miyota (Citizen Watch) of Japan introduced a newly developed movement that uses a 3-pronged quartz crystal that was exclusively produced for Bulova to be used in the Precisionist or Accutron II line, a new type of quartz watch with ultra-high frequency (262.144 kHz) which is claimed to be accurate to +/− 10 seconds a year and has a ...
Niles Spencer (16 May 1893 – 15 May 1952) [1] was an American painter of the Precisionist School who specialized in depicting urban and industrial landscapes. His works are in the permanent collections of several major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and MoMA.
Demuth was known as a painter in the Precisionist style, incorporating clean lines and geometry into images. Art historian H.W. Janson mentions Demuth's interactions with Cubist painters in New York, and the connections between Futurism and Precisionism styles. [5]