Bulova 1940 Jefferson

Submitted by matlobi on January 16, 2016 - 9:48pm
Manufacture Year
1940
Movement Model
10AX
Movement Date Code
Omega
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
0328976
Case shape
Stepped
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Yet another purchase from the big auction site. Oddly enough, seller had it listed under vintage clocks rather than watches. 10AX movement with Omega symbol, "AAA", 21 Jewels, Bulova Watch Co and USA. Yellow gold case with 10k rolled gold back and applied gold numerals. Purchased mainly for the attractive stepped case. Needs some work, and a new crystal.

1940 Bulova
1940 Bulova watch
1940 Bulova watch
1940 Bulova watch
1940 Bulova watch
mybulova_admin
Posted January 22, 2016 - 10:23pm

Could it be that the 4th step is actually the spring bar pipe on the end of the bracelet?

Geoff Baker
Posted January 24, 2016 - 7:32am

OK, this is fun. This is what I see so far.....

Emperor - Admin, Geoff (Updated - 1/28/16)

Attorney - Jaroslav (updated),

Jefferson - Ken, Rev Rob

mybulova_admin
Posted January 29, 2016 - 7:12am

The Emperor and Jefferson are the only models listed with a 21J movement which the subject watch has. The Attorney is a rose (pink) gold 17J version. I cannot pick the difference between these two.

1942 Bulova Jefferson and Emperor watch

Geoff Baker
Posted January 29, 2016 - 10:22am

OK, I just went with Emperor

Andersok
Posted January 29, 2016 - 12:23pm

I am still at Jefferson. Both models above are almost identical; the font of the numerals is one difference, and subj watch matches Jefferson in that area. There was a few dollars difference in price between those, though the dial font would seem like something that would not affect price.

matlobi
Posted January 29, 2016 - 12:39pm

In reply to by Andersok

I'm inclinded to agree with you.

Also note that my example has the longer hands as shown on the Jefferson advertisement.

William Smith
Posted January 30, 2016 - 3:21am

Wow...this is a tough (fun) watch to ID.  

William Smith
Posted January 30, 2016 - 3:23am

I'm going with Jefferson based on all the comments above.  Two ticks tentative, also based on all the above :)

Stinky_Sullivan
Posted October 8, 2023 - 1:52pm

I was just researching the ID of a watch similar to this and I noticed there are 4 models with this style case in yellow and rose gold.

Attorney
Brewster
Emperor
Jefferson

Im not including the Galahad because the one ad we have for that one shows an engraved bezel so it’s easily distinguishable from the others.

The Attorney and Brewster use a 17j movement. The Emperor and Jefferson use a 21j movement. There are no exceptions. Stephen did point that out. But there is a distinction that sets the Emperor apart from the others that no one mentioned that I saw. Only the Emperor has raised gold numerals. While some of the ads don’t specify say, you can see all the others have black printed numbers.

While the pictures of this watch aren’t great, it looks to have raised gold numerals.