INFORMATION PLEASE,I HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED THREE WATCHES THEY WERE BOUGHT AS "GENTS BULOVA WATCH"BUT I WANTED TO KNOW MORE SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH,I'M NEW TO THIS SO A SECOND OPINION WOULD BE APPRECIATED,THE FIRST WITH THE GRAY DIAL I THINK IS A 1949 "DOUGLAS" MODEL
Looking for a sub second hand for a 1949 Squadron. Anyone know where i might get this part?
This is from the December 1971 Popular Science magazine, which was as reputable a source of accurate information then as the National Enquirer is today! ...and Bulova was listed as being one of the four most-often faked watch brands.
Five of the ten watches at the top left side are fakes. See if you can spot them.
The answer is at the very bottom of the post.
Case measures 33.5mm Lug to Lug x 28mm non inclusive of the Crown using Calipers. White Dial shows applied Gilt Hour markers, Bulova signature and 'cross hair' Seconds register are printed in Black. The Dial is absent of a Minutes register. Hour and Minute Hands are Gilt Dauphine and an Index style Seconds Hand shows on a machine finished recessed sub Dial partially obscuring the 6. Crown is signed Bulova.
I am seeking advice regarding the potential purchase of a watch listed as the above. My concern is that it has an 8AC movement and I do not see it listed in the records as a movement used in an Acadamy Award. Can any one confirm or otherwise if it was ever used in this watch. Thanks in advance.
terry
I am hoping somebody may be able to tell me model name/number of the attached watch.
Some specifics: manufactured in 194917 jewels, unadjusted. Movement model 8AD. Case serial number is 9189547. 14K gold case.
Thanks much.
My mom gave this to me quite a few years back, I just can't remember if she said it was hers or her mothers watch. I stayed up for hours last night looking through all of the archived ads on this website, but no luck finding something similar.
November 19th, 1949
Arde Bolova, 60 year old bachelor-watch manufacturer-millionaire, reputedly one of the wealthiest men in the U.S., is likewise one of the least well known, as a person, to the public. One oft-repeated story about Bulova is undoubtedly apocryphal. It has him going into a Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, trying to get a room and, when unable to, buying the hotel instead.
Source...The Billboard Magazine, November 26th, 1949. page 5
Also in this edition, an ad stating Bulova Watches w/ Rhinestone Dials.
Case is 10K gold filled. Original band. Keeps perfect time.
I have the pictured Lone Eagle Box, but it is missing the black velvet c-shaped part that the watch attaches to. Does anyone have a photo of this part? I would like to make one for my box.
Also, note that this one was customized for S&N Katz Jewelers in Baltimore, MD.
Thanks in advance!
