Scalloped Case measures 33mm Lug to Lug x 25mm wide non inclusive of the Crown while using Calipers. Butler finish Dial shows a combination of applied Gilt hashmarks and Black printed Arabic numerals. Hour and Minute Hands are Index style, Bulova logo and tracks are printed Black and an Index style Seconds Hand appears on a sub Dial totally obscuring the 6. Caseback is Gold. Band is inlayed with Black Onyx.
In reply to Now we're looking at 2 by bourg01
Shawn,
The first one was ID'd as a Westover with only a hang tag, and the second was ID'd as a Cromwell with only a hang tag. The Crystal specs seem to support both, but I have not seen any ad's to verify them.
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1951-westover-1113?page=1
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1950-cromwell-2511
Maybe I missed something in the ad database, but shouldn't both should be 2 star watches for now?
Greg
In reply to Shawn, The first one was ID'd by OldTicker
In reply to Just picking up on this by GVP
We have to be carefull when looking at included crystals, as per the age of theses watches they have likely been changed several times, and not neccesarily with the original style. Crystal specs are very usefull but I dont think we can put too much faith into the crystal that is on most of these as being correct when trying to make a positive ID, especially when several styles of crystal will in fact fit the case.
These are all fantastic watches, I wish we had more data to ID them. Has anyone had time to check into the Library of Congress and see if perhaps they have full copies of some of the period printings of say Harpers or such? It has been a long time since I have tried to research stuff there, but If I recall correctly, they have almost everything printed in this century (periodicals) but its a PITA to find them.
In reply to We have to be carefull when by shooter144
In reply to I agree. I was just pointing by GVP
Your right Gary,
Seems that Bulova made quite a few watches with very close crystal sizes, The GS CMX324-2 does have very slight rounded corners, but the CXM324-2B and others are square but 1mm larger on the narrow measurement, the problem is that the rest are only curved on one dimension and if I remember right the Westover is curved on both.
In reply to We have to be carefull when by shooter144
Gents, help scrap together another money for an airline ticket from Australia and I will gladly spend hours/days/weeks camped out at the Library of Congress in search of any vintage Bulova information.... they allow sleeping bags in there right?
I am very envious that you have these potential resources at your doorstep.....well you know what I mean.
I'm comfortable w/ two stars, but will check ads again and become more familiar w/ threads/watch records. doubt much has changed on the ad front. We have three of these in "known" watch records, w/ varying star counts, which is inconsistent, but in light of the discussion, understandable.