I am sure some of you may have seen these before but it was the first one I have seen. It has the phrase that cause Bulova and the Academy Award to have their falling out. Fashion Academy Gold Medal Awarded to Bulova for Outstanding Design. This one is dated 1951.
Edit: I think it is a tag not a charm.
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Just my 2¢, but the Academy (AMPAS) might have been a bit over reactive, if this is what set them off. 'Fashion Academy' I'm guessing does not exist, so it was a tongue in cheek reference anyway. I know I've seen posters with the same type of 'award'.
I tried to find the threads where we discuss the 'lawsuit', but I found a couple of dead links.
In reply to Just my 2¢, but the Academy by Reverend Rob
A reminder - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS ( think "The Oscars") did NOT sue Bulova. The company that sued Bulova was called Academy Award Products. It was a company set up for the express purpose of harassing other businesses that were legitimately marketing products under agreements with the AMPAS.
Adjacent to this case, as I understand it but not part of it, was a stipulation by Bulova to the Federal Trade Commission that their watches had NOT been awarded an Oscar for their qualities or designs as the Bulova ads appeared to suggest.
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I can now say it was definitely a tag. In Shawn's AA watch photos many of his have one. I just never paid too much attention to them before.
I might never find a NOS ladies AA so I am glad to have come across this tag. I am working on building at least one complete package.
Thanks for clarifying that Geoff!
Kathy - Open this advert and expand it. Notice the image in the center of the ladies watches in the bottom row, Look familiar?
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Yup... we've seen this before. I posted one a few years back with a NOS 1953 Jefferson.
https://www.mybulova.com/watches/1953-jefferson-4532
The little "medal" is actually gold colored plastic molded piece.
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