This one is a 1949 Playboy. It's been put up in storage for quite a while and I should have cleaned it a little before posting the pictures, but I didn't. It could also do with a new crystal. It's on my "to do" list. The case is 10k RGP with a stainless back. The dial has been refinished.
Checking the January 1955 Bulova price lists "all offered models" section indicates that the Groom and the Playboy are two different models, as evidenced by the different unique Bulova model numbers.
While the Groom may not have been originally offered until sometime in 1949, it looks like the Playboy was still around then too. I believe jewelers could order some/most/all of these models from Bulova in January 1955, however some models may have had production discontinued, but there could have been some models left in stock at Bulova OR Bulova was noting the current price of models which may no longer be produced OR in stock at Bulova, but could have been in stock at the jewelers outlet.
Now I gotta try to figure out if subject watch is a Groom or a Playboy, or guess. I can't necessarily use date of production to distinguish between the two, as they co-existed.
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