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Interesting ad from 1944. The dial is unusual as the minute track is in 5 min intervals vs the regular military issue that has a 10 minute interval tracker. The closest dial match appears to be these unknowns but without the shading showing in the ad. Could be a stock photo of a non-bulova watch but thought it was worth posting just in case.
https://www.mybulova.com/watches/1939-unknown-9468
https://www.mybulova.com/watches/1939-unknown-9746
The Plain Speaker Hazleton, Pennsylvania
09 Nov 1945, Fri - 1945 Bulova Cocktail Watch
This looks like a 1941 Watertite but the ad calls it a 1941 Senator. The fact that is good for Sportsman probably indicates waterproof. I wonder if this is the Watertite with applied hour markers and gold hands. It certainly looks applied markers. Thoughts?
The Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey) · 27 Nov 1941
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Here is another interesting ad I thought I would throw out there for discussion as it could be a new model name. It is from 1947 and calls it a Bulova streamliner. I do notice the S is not capitalized. There is no Streamliner model currently noted. I know I have seen this watch but can't put my finger on it and I looked thru the 1940s watches three times. Thoughts?
The Coos Bay Times (Marshfield, Oregon) · 24 Jan 1947, Fri
As requested these are some of the ads I found in researching this model. Daily News Dec 15, 1944, Victoria "A" with roman numeral dial. Daily News Oct 3, 1945, Victoria yellow or pink with cord band. Muncie Evening Press, Dec 11, 1946, Victoria 17 jewels. I think these ads show the Victoria pretty well, there are a couple in the full advert section in 1946. I believe this model changed from Victoria with a cord band to Claire with an expansion band with Dec 46 and 47 being the changeover period per the ads available to date.
Dec 1946 Claire in yellow. 1948 Claire in pink. There are more in the full advert section 46, 47, 48, 49.
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I don't recall seeing this one posted previously and early for the name Sea King. The Lugs are definitely different than on the ad for the Admiral which is not tapered and has a white dial.
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · 15 Dec 1944 - 1944 Sea King in 14KT Gold and Black Dial
Interesting ad showing a subsecond and sweep second military style watch called a "Flying Fortress". Looks to be the Bulova Stop Watch model. Not sure this is a legit model name but putting it out there.
1944 Flying Fortress, 1944 Empress,
Daily News (New York, New York) · 11 Aug 1944
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The 'Flying Fortress' looks to basically be the 'Stop watch' model with radium dial and hands. That will certainly help us better ID these models.
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