Bulova 1925 Princine

Submitted by Charles L Hinton on January 1, 2024 - 12:02pm
Manufacture Year
1925
Movement Jewels
15
Movement Serial No.
115717
Case Serial No.
5022560
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
American Standard
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

Trying to find out more details.

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Charles L Hinton
Posted January 1, 2024 - 12:09pm

Trying to find out more about this watch..Then may well sell.

Alex
Posted January 1, 2024 - 3:56pm

Dear Charles, you have a picture of the movement? Thanks!

Charles L Hinton
Posted January 1, 2024 - 4:12pm

Hope this picture helps!

Alex
Posted January 1, 2024 - 7:17pm

The watch is a marriage of an American Standard case and a Bulova movement, meaning that this combination is not original when it was sold in 1925. American Standard did supply the cases to Bulova but also to other brands. As from case serial number 145, Bulova was supplied with their proprietary  case signature “Bulova Quality”, while American Standard continued to supply cases with their own signature to other brands. Since your case starts with 502, it was not supplied to Bulova. 

Charles L Hinton
Posted January 1, 2024 - 10:17pm

I guess I'll sell it for the gold thanks!

mybulova_admin
Posted January 2, 2024 - 4:03am

1924 example but with what I believe is a gold filled case.

1924 Bulova watch advert

and some 1923 examples

1923 Bulova advert

1923 Bulova watch advert

And this one (date unknown) which is showing a watch matching your watch. 14K solid gold case with a 15 jewelled movement. Case and dial seem a match.

Watch marked 7371 (this isn't the Bulova model number)

1920 Bulova watch advert

 

Charles L Hinton
Posted January 2, 2024 - 10:20am

In reply to by mybulova_admin

Thank you, the inside case does not say filled..it just say 14k any idea on the value?

mybulova_admin
Posted January 2, 2024 - 7:25pm

In reply to by Charles L Hinton

Correct, the solid gold case makes the watch obviously more valuable. From a model ID point of view it seems we aren't able to match your watch to a model number or name, but from the advert above, your watch does at least match a known configuration of case shape, gold content, dial design and movement jewel count.