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I'm very proud, if you will, of all the work and efforts members of mybulvoa.com put into this website, it's goals, and the resultant body of Bulova information to which this site contributes.  Many old "facts" and ideas have been supplanted with new.  Look around the various watch discussion forums, collectors websites, and few websites which deal with Bulova horology, and you'll be hard-pressed to see a website where Bulova model ID'ing and history isn't being rewritten with the help of MyBulova.com and it's members.

I was browsing the message forum board on the NAWCC. I found a short article about the Academy Awards watch series.  It had a couple interesting pictures.  One of which is an AA "X" with hangtag.  While one can never know if the hang tag came with the watch (ignoring any strap- of course) it's still an interesting photo in light of recent AA variant "X"  discussions.  Also note some statements in the AA summary post we now know to be dated and incorrect information (last AA sold in 1952, AMPAS/Bulova lawsuit). 

Has everyone noticed the latest new feature that Stephen added?  Now, when you search the watch database for a specific characteristic, you get results for all watches, not just watches with an assigned model name.  So, for example, if you search on 1955, you'll get all the watches entered for that date, regardless of whether the watch has a specific name.  The same is true when you search by movement, etc.  You no longer have to search the "known" and "unknown" watches separately.

         So I bought am awesome Astronaut yesterday. It was running great and keeping great time. So of course I like to see the condition of my Accutrons movements. I opened it up and the gasket stuck, and stretched a bit. I got it put back in the best I could. Slapped it all back together, and now I have a NON WORKING watch! Its still humming, but no hands move. Im stunned. I found at least one thread that stated the gasket could be my issue. Im having a hard time believing this though. Anyone have any thoughts?

First I would like to thank DarHin and all the Mybulova members that help me find an original crystal glass for it as the plastic one was no good. I bought this one a while ago you can see how it was before here:

http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1927-lone-eagle-4192 

1924 6PP, 15 Jewel, 2 Adjustments (never seen it marked like that before)  Uber old.

I have just bought this watch which I believe is a 1950 Acadamy Award. I believe this watch face has been discussed on other threads , but here is another one.

If i recall Steve implimented them on a trial basis. I'm starting to come to the opinion they're just to much reliant on personal opinion and conjecture rather than common sense and fact. i think we're starting to nitpick and lose site of the human aspect to collecting. Others have used it as tools for their little agendas outside of being constructive. I'm thinking about asking to scrap the thing entirely as it's just to much of a hinderence than a help in communication.

It seems Sag Harbour, once Home to the Bulova Watch Factory, has a long history of Whales and Whaling...

...and My cleanest shot of an original Cetacea clad Bulova Dial.

I would like to know what years we are thinnest in on ads. The Post has lots of ads for Bulova. I will buy the ones we need more ID info on.

JP