Manufacture Year:
1944
Movement Symbol:
Circle
Movement Model:
8AE
Movement Jewels:
17
Movement Serial No.:
-
Case Serial No.:
4495812
Case shape:
Square
Additional Information
I am unsure of the actual date of this watch. It belonged to my grandfather and he never spoke much about it. The band is not original.
Not For Sale
Andersok
Posted November 12, 2018 - 8:18am
The watch looks to be from 1944 based on serial number starting with '4' and the circle stamp on the movement. The case looks similar to the Douglas/Ambassador, but I do not find anything showing that case style in solid gold. May be Unknown model at this time.
Kathy L.
Posted November 12, 2018 - 12:11pm
Welcome to myBulova and congrats on having such a fine heirloom from your grandfather. To me it looks like this might be from 1951, there appears to be a L1 on the back of the case next to Bulova that would indicate it was made in 1951, L = 1950s and 1 for 1951. If you can confirm this and if there is a similar date code on the movement we can update the date for you.
Hi Poppie1, welcome to mybulova. Neat watch, heirlooms are the best - especially solid gold ones.
Clarification needed. On the end of the movement there appears to be a 2 digit code (letter and number) or symbol; can you verify what it is? It's Below the "Co." abbreviation of "Company" and appears in photo to be "L-". Is this the case or is it a circle, square, arrow, etc?
On the case back, what is written on the end opposite the serial number? Let's start there to verify production year.