Bulova 1945 Officer

Submitted by JimDon5822 on November 24, 2020 - 2:33pm
Manufacture Year
1945
Movement Model
10BS
Movement Date Code
Triangle
Movement Jewels
15
Case Serial No.
5044091
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

This appears to be a 1945 Bulova Officer based on attributions of the other black dial Officers in the database like the one below.   This is a yellow gold case with black dial with lumed hour markers and hands.  (I relumed the hands).   The movement is a 10BS 15 jewels with a dual marked  X and triangle date code.  I could not find an ad showing a black dial officer so assume this is a tentative.  .  

 

https://mybulova.com/watches/1944-officer-5795

45 officer
45 officer back
45 officer movement
45 officer back
45 officer full
46 officer ad
mybulova_admin
Posted November 25, 2020 - 2:32am

Well at least we know it's all original.....here is another example in the database: https://mybulova.com/watches/1944-unknown-3935

Marked as Unknown, which I think for now we need to keep as there are too many differences between what we see in the advert and these watches.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted November 25, 2020 - 10:46am

OK, other watches that are a match previously ID'ed as Tentative Officer, I'll agree.

Officer - Tentative

Until an ad surfaces stating otherwise.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted November 25, 2020 - 10:10am

Cool watch, Jim. I agree it's original as presented and seems to lean towards being an Officer. Unfortunately as previously stated, there are too many documented variations to pin it as such at this time

 

EDIT: as noted above,

1945 Tentative Officer

Kathy L.
Posted November 28, 2020 - 12:35pm

Very cool watch, love this era.  I am good with a tentative Officer and would suggest moving the unknown one to a tentative Officer as well.

1945 Bulova Officer (tentative)

Geoff Baker
Posted November 28, 2020 - 9:35pm

Team - I'm just not a fan of assigning a "tentative" ID. I was tentative on several of the ID's Jim referenced and will remain silent on this one. I just don't like not having the hard evidence of the ID.

Geoff Baker
Posted December 2, 2020 - 9:38pm

I count three for Officer, two Unknown. Any other countries want to weight in?