Two-tone case. 9AT movement. 15 jewels. Any help in identifying would be appreciated. Also, why does the case number start with a letter? I've been wanting an early two-tone watch, and this one fit the bill, but I can't see to find the model looking on the site or looking at Watchophilia... Otherwise, I've been able to identify most of the watches I've been getting using the resourses on mybulova.com... Thanks for any help!
In reply to I think this one should be by William Smith
I think it should be listed as a Frankenstein. It's got a 1928 movement in a 1930 case. The movement has the wrong jewel count and the dial is from some other model. People use this site as the Bulova Bible to ID their watches and they will never find another one that looks identical to this one. JMHO.
In reply to ....well it's probably a by William Smith
To get my point across, I present exhibit "A".
This is one of mine. It has a 8AC 17 jewel movement with a "L1" date code in a "Douglas" case with a back stamped "L7" and God only knows where that dial came from. So would this be labeled as a "Douglas"? If so, what year? 1957 or 1951? I call it a "Frankenstein". Oh, one more thing, it has engraving on the back dated 1961.