Bulova 1946 Ambassador

Submitted by MGD001 on April 8, 2017 - 12:25am
Manufacture Year
1946
Movement Model
7AK
Movement Date Code
Square
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
8302111
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

1946 Ambassador

1946 Ambassador Bulova watch
1946 Bulova watch
1946 Bulova watch
1946 Bulova watch
1946 Bulova watch
Bulova Watch
mybulova_admin
Posted April 14, 2017 - 1:20am

I believe the advert indicates both pink and white gold filled cases, but does not mention any dial variation, so if it is a Bulova 'His Excellency' it'll most likely be another variant.

mybulova_admin
Posted April 14, 2017 - 1:28am

Was certainly the Bulova Ambassador model in 1946, but was it still so in 1948, when we see many of these 21 'Excellency Group' watches with unique names all start to come under the same 'His/Her Excellency' banner.

Bulova 1946 Ambassador watch

MGD001
Posted April 14, 2017 - 4:38am

It looks a lot like the "PP" in the AD for 1949, but the case is a 1948. I found this advertisement from 1948 showing the "PP" variant. I also submitted this AD to the Information Page.

Geoff Baker
Posted April 15, 2017 - 6:41am

I guess I hadn't caught the date of the case before either, it should be 1948.

Here's the challenge I'm  facing MGD, I know now that the watch case is most likely a 1948 His Excellency but I can't find any ad showing an His Excellency model variant with a charcoal dial. We have to be careful how we name the watch as I said earlier as not to confuse people seeking to ID their own Bulova watches. When adding components together to make a complete watch it is, for the purpose of proper identification, ultra critical to make sure they all add up to a verifiable model. Having said that, I would further clarify that outside of myBulova or the world of verifying Bulova model it really doesn't make a difference as it really is a nice looking watch. When we present here though we need to be able to tie it back to something verifiable. So far I think I'm willing to accept that it is an His Excellency model by the advert above but I cannot find an exact variant.

MGD001
Posted April 15, 2017 - 1:14pm

Geoff the His Excellency PP above is in the same style face as mine, does the color matter as much since the style of dial matches? My concern is that the case is 10K and the AD shows it to be 14K, but I have seen that matter and not matter on various pieces through out the My Bulova library?

mybulova_admin
Posted April 16, 2017 - 12:36am

The dial colour and case gold style would certaily make your watch a different variant.

MGD001
Posted April 16, 2017 - 1:12am

From this AD in the archive Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle 1947 it looks like  either a 10K or a 14K cases could be used. It was not exclusive to 14K for HE, so I am understanding this right, this would create a new and different variant for 10K or 14K and each dial and each color dial.

Geoff Baker
Posted April 16, 2017 - 6:39am

Correct, every variation creates a new variant. There can be dials that are the same color but have different markings or hand styles which are different variants. Because of that we are very particular in how we name a watch. We will often determine that a watch is a certain model, perhaps an His Excellency but not give or determine a variant. All we are attempting to do is be as specific as possible, again as not to mislead.

Having said all that I will categorically state that sometime we get it all completely and totally wrong ;). In those cases we make a correction.