Bulova 1948 Mary Lou

Submitted by Andersok on March 2, 2014 - 10:54am
Manufacture Year
1948
Movement Model
6BK
Movement Date Code
48 (A8)
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
I227595
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

1948 Bulova Mary Lou

Case is yellow gold 10KT RGP with stainless back, Bulova New York (stated on inside of caseback), it does not have any date stamps, only the serial No. Movement is a running 17-Jewel 6BK dated 48. Original expansion band does not exist.

Supporting ad from 1948

Is it possible to date the case using the serial number?

-watch has a new owner 5/2014

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Andersok
Posted March 2, 2014 - 10:56am

Inside view of caseback:

OldTicker
Posted March 2, 2014 - 1:20pm

It sure looks like Mary Lou, dating a watch with a serial number after 1946 starts to get tricky, some serial numbers will correspond with the movement and many won't. I would stick with the movement date on this one.

JP
Posted March 2, 2014 - 12:05pm

Nice "Mary Lou" 1948

Geoff Baker
Posted March 3, 2014 - 6:17am

Sure looks like the Mary Lou, so hard to see detail of these tiny little watches in the tiny little adverts we have. This one looks like new, I'd say Mary Lou didn't get out much - very nice Ken.