Bulova 1941 Medical Officer

Submitted by Wayne Hanley on November 20, 2010 - 7:02pm
Manufacture Year
1941
Movement Model
10AX
Movement Date Code
Asterisk
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
None
Case Serial No.
1211116
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Looks like an excellent restoration specimen.

 

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plainsmen
Posted November 20, 2010 - 7:31pm

Very nice bro!  That is going to look fantastic cleaned up.  Great find and congrats!

plainsmen
Posted December 19, 2010 - 7:56pm

Ah HA!!  I think I may have found this ID!!

From a 1941 Spiegel Catalog... this shows this watch as the

1941 Bulova Regulator

Wayne Hanley
Posted December 19, 2010 - 8:22pm

Plaines

Didn't you give it the name Medical Officer? What was the source data for that name? Mine has the ruggedized look that fits a wartime Medical officer.

If Speigal is the advertizer that should be proof enough to change the watch name.

Wayne

 

plainsmen
Posted December 19, 2010 - 8:26pm

Nah that was Scott... he's the one ID'd the Surgeon's aka Doctor's I dig.  He's the one that divulged the Surgeon, Physician, and Medical Officer model names.

Yeah... pretty cool to find a decent 1941 ad from that Spiegel catalog.   I sent them to Admin... they're at weird angles as they're photo's of the Bulova's on there but hopefully Admin can make them usable.

Wayne Hanley
Posted December 21, 2010 - 12:12pm

Plaines

Thank you & keep up the search you have a good eye.

Happy Holidays to You & Yours

Wayne

plainsmen
Posted January 3, 2011 - 1:35am

Wayne.... I'm going to eat crow here I think... check this out... from a 1942 ad... maybe they changed it from the Regular to the Medical Officer?  Who knows....

Stephen Ollman
Posted January 3, 2011 - 1:59am

They have different dials so I think your safe in justifying a different model name. The 'Medical Officer' puts a military slant on this watch as does the radium dial. Where as the one above in the ad may have been a civilian version. Although what the hell is a Regulator, other than something that regulates the timing of a balance wheel.

I think its safe to say that this watch at the top is a "Military Officer' and the watch listed within the post is a civilian version called the "Regulator"

bourg01
Posted January 3, 2011 - 12:08pm

Stephen, You nailed that bang on!

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted January 3, 2011 - 2:59pm

Here in the U.S 'Regulators' during civil War times were groups of Civilian enforcers.

History class dismissed....