I've searched the data base and the closest I can come is in the second page of the adverts' slide #10 but I can't make it out well enough to tell. It has a hinged case that say's Pat. Jan. 11 1927, Bulova 14K Gold Filled, New York. Case measures 26.75mmx26.75mm. The 9AT movement has a dust cover.
In reply to Will, Does the Watch depicted by FifthAvenueRes…
In reply to no- the watch graphic appears by William Smith
I agree with Fifth, the Price Guide is incorrect in its description of the watch being rectangular. Overall including the lugs it is, but that isn't the correct way to determine the shape of a watch case. In the advert shown and the subject watch, both are square and the design case design looks to match that of the subject watch. The dial has been redone so we know why there is a difference there.
1928 Senator is my call.
The case may be similar but the dial is different. We have Senators in the watch and ad databases, and not one looks like the subject case or the "senator" in the guide picture. The lugs are different to the true Senators, as is the engraving. One picture from a "price guide book" does not give an ID. Where do they get their ID from? Unknown.
EDIT:- I measured the image of the subject and it is exactly square, I then measured the image in the price guide and it is definitely rectangular.
Try actually measuring the cases, then. It is longer than it is wide in the price guide image. The crystal is longer than it is wide, too. That means it is rectangular, even the script says it is rectangular.
The image in the 1928 ad is different to the image from the price guide, and is too fuzzy and details cannot be seen of the engraving in any case to be of much use, although that case is rectangular too.
I expanded the actual advert image with my mouse wheel to maximum, and the ad image case measured 40mm. long X 36mm. wide.
The subject watch case is an exact square.
Not the Senator in either the ad or the price-guide.
Unknown.
As far as these watches go from the 20s, it's either a clear rectangle or a clear square and is usually measured on the crystal part not the outer case. In my opinion it is a square and as the dial has been redone it cannot be factored into the equation as a match for the advert.
Whilst we do not have a high-res scan of the advert it should be good enough for a tentative Senator ID call. I am sure that a 1928 advert will present itse;lf one day to confirm the model ID or not.
Please explain the sub second dial.
The subject has a large sub dial with a sunken circle, as noted by the owner.
The sub dial on the senator is a tiny square, and could not have had a sunken circle within it.
The crystal on the Senator pic is also rectangular when measured with a ruler.
These are facts, not guesses.