Recently acquired this one... a real Mystery! 1924 is a guess. Movement is 8 1/2 lignes, case is 18K non-Bulova. I found a post on NAWCC site about a similar Lady Maxim (no photo). The case was 14K gold filled, but had the same manufacturer's stamp. Is this a BULOVA, or was it made for another company by BULOVA??
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In reply to Alright, I'm committing, by Geoff Baker
I can verify that the very early movements did not have date codes. Just last week I picked up a lot of movements for possible spare parts - I will post pics in the next couple of days.
There were two very early Bulova movements, both marked Bulova, neither with date codes of any kind and only one with a serial number. Both of these appear to have been for the womens watches as the dials are still attached.
In reply to Oh...sorry. My winning bid by timerestoration
Gosh, I've never heard of such a thing ! An exaggeration on an auction listing? You mean they're not all SUPER RARE,ONE OF A KIND, ONLY ONE EVER LISTED OR SEEN ON EBAY,24K,ART DECO,CURVEX??
- I expect the movement was weighed in the case, I see that all the time.
Thanks Jeff
In reply to Maybe worth mentioning... by timerestoration
I never said it wasn't a Bulova, so I disagree with where you draw sides. The Westfield was also made by Bulova. I just think that, like the Westfield, this one does not meet the criteria for inclusion on this site. The Westfields have always been excluded. We have traditionally included watches with Bulova signed dials, movements, and cases. Period.
Now we have more evidence equating this watch to the Westfields. Like the Westfield Trojan Jeff found, this one has the model name on the dial, not Bulova.
You may also be interested in knowing that Bob also has a watch with "Lady Maxim" on the dial. It does not have a Bulova movement or case. That's part of why he felt strongly that this watch is not an actual Bulova. . .
. . . in addition to there being no ad to support it and no evidence that Bulova ever put the model name on their mainstream watch dials.