Bulova 1947 His Excellency

Submitted by denupnorth on January 17, 2015 - 5:46pm
Manufacture Year
1947
Movement Model
7ak
Movement Date Code
Square
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
7526344
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
18X21.60
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Original dial and crystal,rose gold case markwed 14k gold filled(includind back) not sure if crown is original as it is not marked.Roman numerals scratched inside bezel iii/iv/iv match last three digits of serial#.President maybe?

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denupnorth
Posted January 17, 2015 - 5:50pm

I tried to change the date to 1946 without success(technologically challenged,sorry).

Andersok
Posted January 17, 2015 - 6:20pm

I would say that this is a 1947 based on the serial number beginning with 7 and what appears to be a square stamped on the movement for 1946 (could you confirm the movement stamp). I think this style became the His Excellency by 1947. We have a 1947 ad showing a similar watch as the HE, but it does not state which style of gold. May have been the Director a year prior. 

1955mercury
Posted January 17, 2015 - 8:24pm

Hi Denupnorth. This could be the model you have.

The one in the ad is the yellow gold version and looks to have gold applied numerals, but I have seen other Bulova models have the numerals painted on the dial in the pink gold versions. We'll see what the panel members think.

mybulova_admin
Posted January 17, 2015 - 8:27pm

 

Any chance of a better photo of the front of the watch please.

denupnorth
Posted January 17, 2015 - 10:01pm

Tried but not much better,will try to get a better photo later .The movement symbol is indeed a square but seems to have what looks like a centerpunched dot next to it.

denupnorth
Posted January 17, 2015 - 10:39pm

The numbers are not painted but are applied as are the square markers.

1955mercury
Posted January 17, 2015 - 10:57pm

In the newer photo they clearly are applied. Sorry. They looked painted on to me in the smaller photo.

denupnorth
Posted January 17, 2015 - 10:59pm

I'm not the greatest photographer but still not too bad for my first one here.Denis.

 

1955mercury
Posted January 17, 2015 - 11:22pm

You're doing good. Took me 18 months to figure out how to post pictures on here. Turned out that I couldn't using Internet Explorer. I had to switch to FireFox.

Geoff Baker
Posted January 18, 2015 - 5:51am

Welcome Denis to myBulova. Seems like you been around for a while, congratulations on your first dive into the watch dB, hopefully there are more to come. I think the advert that merc posted shows your watch. It seems everything was renamed to the His Excellency name in 1947. I did change the date on the record per Ken's suggestion to 1947. 

1947 His Excellency DD, a great choice to start a Bulova collection.