I recently bought at a swap meet a Bulova Caravelle with an exhibition back. My research done through local watch collectors said it was a salesman's model. It was used by a Bulova salesman to show the inner workings of the Caravelle without removing the back. The metal around the exhibition back reads Caravelle, Anti-Magnetic, Base Metal Case, Shock Resistant. The movement is marked Caravelle Watch, Seven, 7, Jewels, 11DP. My question is is this assessment correct and if so, wouldn't this watch be quite rare? It has no numbered date as most Bulovas, including Caravelles, have. Thank you.
In reply to will the new bulovas produced by jfoley
In reply to I don't want to sound snobby by bourg01
Shawn, not to sound offended but I own at least 25 Bulova watches from the 1970's. They are Bulova's and I am proud of them. Stephen named this site myBulova and I always thought he intended to include all BULOVA's.
I submit to his interpretation.
Oh, and I have a couple Caravelles too, and respectfully keep them to myself.
In reply to Shawn, not to sound offended by Geoff Baker
sorry, im a new member and didnt mean to open up a can of worms. just had a caravelle watch that i thought was odd and wanted to know more about it. i have around 50 working vintage bulovas and only know the name of a few, so in the future ill curtail my questions to these and hopefully learn the unspoken rules as i go. jfoley
It's a fine line, but members here tend to have a real passion for the pre 1980s Bulova watches only. After that Bulova tended to just use model numbers for their watches which kinda makes it tricky and pointless to identify....'yep thats a model M5432 for sure'..just doesn't seem to have the same appeal.
:-)
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