Bulova 1939 Engineer

Submitted by plainsmen on May 9, 2023 - 4:17pm
Manufacture Year
1939
Movement Model
8AE
Movement Date Code
Shield
Movement Jewels
21
Case Serial No.
9620595
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Rose
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Looks to be an early "Brunswick" in rose gold plate?  The case is showing a serial number starting with 9 and that coincides with the shield date stamp on the 21 jewel movement.  Brunswick was a 21 jewel watch

We had an ad from 1939 and 1941.  The 1941 shows the A... which was the yellow gold.  We have the rose gold here.  Would this be the C?

1939 Bulova Brunswick 5-9-23 F
1939 Bulova Brunswick 5-9-23 L
1939 Bulova Brunswick 5-9-23 R
1939 Bulova Brunswick 5-9-23 M
1939 Bulova Brunswick 5-9-23 B
1941 Bulova Brunswick advert
neetstuf-4-u
Posted May 9, 2023 - 4:40pm

Cool watch. In rose gold, I'm thinking this is a dial variant Engineer; with the white overlay on the face cleaned off.  like this one previously ID'ed

1939 Engineer

Brunswick was advertised as yellow gold like this one. with a full numbered dial

Geoff Baker
Posted May 9, 2023 - 9:40pm

1939 Bulova Engineer for certain. I'm holding off on the variant for now

JimDon5822
Posted May 10, 2023 - 9:16pm

1939 Bulova Engineer.  Probably two dial variants on this but no designation yet.

mybulova_admin
Posted May 11, 2023 - 8:03am

Its a match for the other example we have for sure, but we still don't have a definitive advert showing what I call an 'exploding' dial.  To group both watches I agree it's best to ID as an Engineer.

1940 Bulova Engineer advert

Here is an amazing example that matches the advert.

 1940 Bulova Engineer

Kathy L.
Posted May 12, 2023 - 3:37pm

Wow great watch!

1939 Bulova Engineer