1941 Bulova Unknown 17J 10AX movement, Clean 10K RGP Bezel and Stainless Back, Nice Off White Dial and Gold hands, B/R 12K Gold Filled Band. Very Nice Good Running Watch!
4-16-11
This watch was previously ID'd as a Ambassador "A", but after acquiring a 1939 Ambassador and compairing the two, it belongs in the unknown catagory for now until another Lone Eagle "A" ad shows up. ;-)
* Photo update 11-13-11
Case & crystal dimensions 41' Unknown
Lug to Lug, 37.2mm
Length, 28.6
Between lugs, 8mm
Width without crown, 24.8
Crystal Groove, 23.8 X 17.8mm Curved both ways
Crystal, 23.7 X 17.7mm Curved both ways
Plainsmen,
The point within the ads: 1933, 1934 and 1936 Ambassador are identical. IMO the 1935 watch is a blatent oddball. None of which are a 1941 model and none of which are of similar design to the 1941 model.
I honestly could care less, I'm merely voicing an opinion and would rather see vintage Bulova watches identified by facts not what 'We' think it is.
2c
Oh oh.... I think we may have definately found it Ticker...
I think you've go the 1941 "Lone Eagle A" here... only one we have in the database! Check it out!
www.mybulova.com/node/1537#comment-3279
In reply to I hate to say I told You so, by FifthAvenueRes…
Take away the band aspect of which both bands are different but attach to the case lugs the same. Taking then away we are left with the exact same case and dial. If this were a Lone Eagle "A" there would certainly be a Lone Eagle "B".
The Lone Eagle series was popular during its time and if Bulova had re-released them again in the 1940s we'd expect to see many more ads. I honestly believe that someone somewhere got the Ambssador 'A' - American Eagle 'A' - Lone Eagle 'A' (note the pattern) all mixed up.
Yes the American Eagle is different, but I feel that it played a part in getting the name so drastically wrong. Plains you know I'm a big believer in vintage ads, but this one I have to say is a printing error. Still, evidence to the contrary is always welcome here on myBulova.com :-)
Again different bracelets means different lugs attachments.
In reply to Take away the band aspect of by mybulova_admin
Well, all I can say is it is 100% Bulova and as described, we can leave it as a Ambassador "A" or move it to the Unknown, but I am glad we are trying to find out what it is, and in time it will be known.
As I posted earlier, everyone make some phone calls to your local Bulova Jewler/Watchmaker that has been in the business for a few years, there is info sitting in someone's storeroom/file cabinet, and they seem willing to talk to you about it. Ask for the owner, most of the salespeople that answered the phone were clueless and when I asked to talk to the owner I got somewhere. I also reference this site and while I was talking to a couple of them, they the pull it up and seemed very inpressed, so maybe we will have a couple of new members with more info!!
Greg
Oh....
Jerin has been BUSY achiving visuals, I see!
The bracelet lOOks to be original? (Yet would then vary from "A, B, C, etc.) The sub seconds may have originally (before the redial?) been rectangular, vs. Tonneau shaped?? But more likely this is an (engraved) variant, of the Ambassador???
Crystal specs:
MODEL
GS
SUC
BB
PERFIT
Ambassador (40s)
CMT349-25
RMU151
MT2413 178
MB241/2 178
Best :-) Scott