I have a beautiful rare 21 Jewel 1948 8AE Bulova 10k GF Gold watch. It is running but needs a cleaning. All of the gears turn and the watch will tick for minutes or hours then stop. The case is in good shape, it has the band. The crystal has a couple of very small scuffs. the numerals are painted gold with a thin black outline. I am guessing it is a Dewey, Douglas, or His Excellency from the late 40s.
The 1945/48 Dewey face is the closest I have seen to this watch on an identified model. As you can see the 45 had no numbers around the sub dial, while the 48 does. That is why I am curious to see a 46 or 47 dewey face. Either way it is probably a form of a His Excellency SS or such. The problem with that theory is that most of the His Exc's I have seen have applied gold numbers not painted.
If it weren't for seeing two of the same on this site I would chaulk it up to a custom job.
In reply to I saw this on another string. by tomprobkins
It's not the "American" Tom. It's hard to tell from these newspaper ads, but the case is not the same as your watch. Your watch is definitely a model Bulova made because I've seen too many just like yours. The only problem is Bulova was making around 250 different models a year during this time period and we just don't have ads that show all them.
Yes the movement dates 1948 but it looks to me like the case dates 1949 by the Serial #. Stephen, can you add a zoom feature for reviewing the pics on MB. Even witm my glasses I sometimes have issues. I'm still sitting on Engineer though the date may change what we might find.
In reply to Yes the movement dates 1948 by bourg01
On most computer operating systems, under accessories there's a series of accessibility programs. One of these is a "magnifying glass" function (or some similar wording). You simply turn on that function, and assign a keystroke to use it. In place of a mouse cursor, you get a magnifying glass which you can move around the screen with your mouse, and it does what your asking about.