Bulova 1941 -Non-Conforming

Submitted by jrfreeman on December 2, 2018 - 11:43am
Manufacture Year
1941
Movement Model
10AX
Movement Date Code
Asterisk
Movement Jewels
15
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
1671575
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Estate sale find 12/1/18 in San Diego. Home of a veteran of WW2. He had many other items of the WW2 period. Runs perfectly had a replacement nylon strap (removed in pictures). Missing second hand. Crystal original but had been reglued (poorly). 10AX movement asterick year mark. Very clean. No watch maker service marks/dates in case. I believe it to be a 1941 Lietenant but the dial is odd. I'm unable to match the second index to the ads. No box around index seconds. 

1941 Bulova watch
1941 Bulova watch
1941 Bulova watch
neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 2, 2018 - 12:00pm

Welcome to mybulova, Your watch is a 

1941 Bulova Ranger case and likely movement as well,

with what appears to be a replacement face. I don't regognise the face as coming from another Bulova model, but I am not an expert. The round seconds track is odd and minute track should follow the shape of the case opening. It appears it may be a third party produced dial made prior to Bulova cracking down on Bulova marked "replicas"; after which point most were marked "Bulova Movement".

This configuration of parts may fall into the catagory of "non-conforming", or "Ranger" noting replaced dial.

It's nice, by the way. I love the lugs on these.

 

Kathy L.
Posted December 8, 2018 - 11:47am

Hello and welcome to myBulova!  Very nice watch.  It looks like your watch is a Ranger with a refinished dial.  The dial minute hand does not match the case shape exactly as it should and the second hand track is different as well as neetstuf-4-u pointed out.  

1941 Bulova Ranger noting refinished or replacement dial

Geoff Baker
Posted December 9, 2018 - 9:25pm

I'm going Non-Conforming on this one. The dial does not match the case although it does appear to be all Bulova. 

jabs
Posted December 10, 2018 - 4:40am

Non-Conforming

mybulova_admin
Posted December 12, 2018 - 10:06pm

Would tend to agree that the dial is from another model.

Ranger case. but non-conforming components.

Kathy L.
Posted December 12, 2018 - 11:02pm

Non-Conforming