I'm pretty sure this is a 1943 Officer but the black dial seems uncommon. The skeleton hands have me wondering if they were always that way or is something missing from the center of the hands that has been lost over time. Either way...I really like the way it turned out.
we have same watch in database
1943 Bulova Officer
At one point after the war, Bulovas that had previously been lume dial models appeared with no lume in the 'hollow' numbers. I believe this is due to the (wholly justified) negative reputation of the Radium. The war was over, maybe they had used a lot of it and the cost was also a factor. Just a bit of related info for the whole lume discussion.....
This could be a re-dial and may explain why there is no lume on the dial.
I'd be good with tentative 1943 Officer.
One possibility is that during the war years and with the growing needs for luminous dial models, that on some with a standard gold marker dial, radium was simply added and luminous hands replaced the standard ones. Many years back I did some experimenting on such a dial and found a nice clean dial under the lume. Let me also say that I would not try this again and disturb dangerous old radium.
before and after '44 Clipper
The dial on the subject watch may be original.