Bulova 1948 His Excellency

Submitted by DDeanC on July 28, 2019 - 11:19pm
Manufacture Year
1948
Movement Model
7AK
Movement Date Code
48 (A8)
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
9624189
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I believe this to be a 1948 His Excellency. Crystal has a nice size crack. 14K gold filled. Rose gold tone dial. What are the unique lugs called? Second hand sub-dial. Running strong 70+ year old watch. 

1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
Andersok
Posted July 29, 2019 - 7:29am

I think this will be a 1949 based on the case serial number, and in that year this was the His Excellency.

Geoff Baker
Posted July 29, 2019 - 10:11pm

Nice one DDeanC, I like them in rose gold. I've seen some nicknames for those lugs but never anything 'official'. 

1949 Bulova His Excellency 

DDeanC
Posted July 30, 2019 - 9:27am

Would the purple hands be original?

Reverend Rob
Posted July 30, 2019 - 10:16am

I would say they are original. Normally they are heat treated to a more blu-ish colour, but there is a wide range of this sort of thing in horology, from straw yellow to red to purple to blue to grey. Cornflower Blue is the most traditional. 

jabs
Posted July 30, 2019 - 10:26am

I'm for 1949 Bulova His Excellency "NN", like this one

Kathy L.
Posted August 5, 2019 - 10:18am

Great looking watch.  I agee it is a His Excellency.  

1949 His Excellency (edited to no variant based on yellow being the "NN", pink to be determined)

neetstuf-4-u
Posted August 5, 2019 - 6:37am

1949 His Excellency 

edit:

Variant letter for rose gold unknown

mybulova_admin
Posted August 4, 2019 - 10:47pm

I'll hold off on the "NN" variant. Still looking for a rose/red/coral variant letter.

1949 His Excellency for now.