Bulova 1939 Winston

Submitted by William Smith on August 5, 2012 - 8:26pm
Manufacture Year
1939
Movement Model
10AE
Movement Date Code
Shield
Movement Jewels
15
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
9480591
Case shape
Stepped
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Outside Case Back:  B-10K Rolled Gold Plate  9480591  -  Inside Case Back:  Bulova Fifth Ave New York  -  Movement:  10AE 15 jewel Adj. Bulova Watch Co. USA  (shield date symbol 1939)  -  Dial: poorly redone- somewhat like original??  looks like it was painted black after somehow masking off the tops of the raised gilt Arabic numerals at hour markers, masking raised Bulova, and masking raised 30 and 60 sub second numerals.  The outer minute and subsecond registry were poorly printed golden color.   So non-conforming if dial isn't even close to original? 

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bobbee
Posted August 5, 2012 - 8:35pm

Possibly dial was flooded, then min/sec registers transfer-printed?

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted August 5, 2012 - 8:40pm

confirmed 'UNKNOWN' from Me. 

William Smith
Posted August 5, 2012 - 8:52pm

With that dial, I'm thinking non-conforming...but I've been wrong before..

bobbee
Posted August 5, 2012 - 9:50pm

"Unknown", nothing in ads for this case style up to 1946, though it's very similar to the "Banker".

plainsmen
Posted August 5, 2012 - 10:05pm

Uknown.  Same thing that I have up from last week.

William Smith
Posted August 5, 2012 - 10:08pm

yep Plains, that's kinda why i put this one up.  We'll find a name...some day.

mybulova_admin
Posted August 5, 2012 - 11:31pm

Unknown

JP
Posted August 6, 2012 - 12:59am

Unknown

bobbee
Posted August 6, 2012 - 4:33pm

Lisa, on her site watchophilia, has this model down as the "WINSTON", I.D.'d from GS crystal catalogues 43 and 52 as the only model taking this crystal.

William Smith
Posted August 7, 2012 - 1:16pm

I can't find the actual watch now to measure the crystal.  It could be in a drawer, or box, or I could have sold/traded.  I entered it because of similarity to Plains entry from a week ago.