Hello...I am sorry for the aweful pics(I will have to ask my son to take better ones for me)...I was curious about this watch, searching the web and came across this site. I think I found a " 1927 Lone Eagle" but I am not sure.
The pics I have seen look like this watch...The case has "Bulova Quality 14k American Standard Pat Jun 10 1924 7669320" and the works has the following: Bulova 10AN seventeen 17 Jewels Swiss Unadjusted.
Any information you can help with would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
In reply to Thank you so much for helping by Schaeffer
The Lone Eagle series is a particular passion of mine which I have been studying since about 2005. Prior to that not alot was known about the series. So whilst we have a good amount of information now it is still very much a work in progress and nothing is set in concrete.
Thanks again for adding such a unique watch and one that I hope we can discuss in depth.
In reply to I will try to get a pic up of by Schaeffer
Good question - one we've discussed here at length, (some might say ad nauseam). Lindbergh flew on 21 May, 1927 so technically every watch prior to that - or shortly after that - would be a Conqueror. The challenge is discovering at what point Bulova began producing, as many believe they did, the watches that would be name changed and released as Lone Eagles after Lucky Lindy's feat.
Here are a couple threads you might be interested in:
If the works in this watch are within the 5000 serial number range...it would have to make me think they really did not sell 5000 lone eagles.
Also..if you look at the watch given to Lucky Lindy, the 1st digit looks as if it could be a "7" not a "1". That case marking is the same as this subject watch..you would think a company such as Bulova would have had better records. But serious look at the two cases...
In reply to If the works in this watch by Schaeffer
The Linbergh presentation watch is indeed a 1927 watch, thus it would have a case serial starting with "7". The presentation watch was also 14K gold like yours which does indicate that Bulova used a different die for their solid gold cases.
Bulova probably had more than 5000 10AN movements made in 1926. The 5000 is a number originating from Bulova themselves so we can only take that on face value. Hopefully one day we may find some record of a order or additional information relating to this series, but for now the search continues as do the facts and theories. That's all part of the fun.