Bulova 1939 Corrigan

Submitted by Deafboy on September 20, 2019 - 4:37pm
Manufacture Year
1939
Movement Model
10AE
Movement Date Code
Cresent Moon
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
9011504
Case shape
Stepped
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
mx313-10
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Love this "Mayan pyramid" Art-Deco stepped case. I serviced the movement myself and it now showing excellent amplitude at full wind (>300 degrees), isochronicity (+/- 5 s over the 200-300 degree range) and delta over 6 positions (+/- 5 s). The dial was serviced by L&S. The difficult part was fitting "strap holders" on this funky case; I used 1.2mm T-bars as shown in the picture below.

138 Corrigan
Bulova 10AE
 Bulova Corrigan advertisement
T-Bars
Bulova Watch advert
Geoff Baker
Posted September 20, 2019 - 9:54pm

A  fine example of the Doug Corrigan watch. VERY nice.

1938 Bulova Doug Corrigan.

Kathy L.
Posted September 20, 2019 - 10:07pm

A very nice example!  Enjoy it : )

1938 Bulova Doug Corrigan

neetstuf-4-u
Posted September 20, 2019 - 10:15pm

Very nice! One of my 30's favorites.

By movement date code and s/n;

1939 Doug Corrigan. 

Nice job on the custom band pins.

Deafboy
Posted September 20, 2019 - 10:35pm

In reply to by neetstuf-4-u

Could you elaborate on your conclusion that it's from 1939? According to the date table the crescent moon indicates 1938, although there is another symbol next to the moon.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted September 20, 2019 - 10:53pm

In reply to by Deafboy

The shield (other symbol) indicates 1939, as well as the s/n starting with a 9. Seeing double stamped movements (1 year apart) isn't uncommon. The movement was initially produced in 1938 and held over into 1939, stamped again and assembled as a 1939 production run watch.

mybulova_admin
Posted September 21, 2019 - 3:52am

1939 Bulova Doug Corrigan for me based on the case serial number.