In reply to The case is a 1948 and by MGD001
I guess I hadn't caught the date of the case before either, it should be 1948.
Here's the challenge I'm facing MGD, I know now that the watch case is most likely a 1948 His Excellency but I can't find any ad showing an His Excellency model variant with a charcoal dial. We have to be careful how we name the watch as I said earlier as not to confuse people seeking to ID their own Bulova watches. When adding components together to make a complete watch it is, for the purpose of proper identification, ultra critical to make sure they all add up to a verifiable model. Having said that, I would further clarify that outside of myBulova or the world of verifying Bulova model it really doesn't make a difference as it really is a nice looking watch. When we present here though we need to be able to tie it back to something verifiable. So far I think I'm willing to accept that it is an His Excellency model by the advert above but I cannot find an exact variant.
Geoff the His Excellency PP above is in the same style face as mine, does the color matter as much since the style of dial matches? My concern is that the case is 10K and the AD shows it to be 14K, but I have seen that matter and not matter on various pieces through out the My Bulova library?
From this AD in the archive Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle 1947 it looks like either a 10K or a 14K cases could be used. It was not exclusive to 14K for HE, so I am understanding this right, this would create a new and different variant for 10K or 14K and each dial and each color dial.
In reply to From this AD in the by MGD001
Correct, every variation creates a new variant. There can be dials that are the same color but have different markings or hand styles which are different variants. Because of that we are very particular in how we name a watch. We will often determine that a watch is a certain model, perhaps an His Excellency but not give or determine a variant. All we are attempting to do is be as specific as possible, again as not to mislead.
Having said all that I will categorically state that sometime we get it all completely and totally wrong ;). In those cases we make a correction.