Bulova 1950 Academy Award

Submitted by Sangamo23J on May 5, 2018 - 1:52pm
X
Manufacture Year
1950
Movement Model
7AK
Movement Date Code
49 (A9)
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
2892322
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I'm sure this is an Academy Award, but I'm not sure which variant.  It has a neat "Corfam" band - I'm not sure if it is original or not.  I gotr this one for my wife.  She's a vintage movie fan and this is her favorite watch.  OK condition and runs well.  10K YGF Bulova case.  Case marked L0 for 1950, but movement marked A9 for 1949.  Not sure if it was common for movement and case year numbers not to match.  Perhaps this is a rplacement case?

1949 Bulova watch
1949 Bulova watch
1949 Bulova watch
1949 Bulova watch
1949 Bulova watch
Sangamo23J
Posted May 5, 2018 - 1:55pm

Correction to typo in the Additional Information.  The case is marked L0 for 1950 (not 1959).

Kathy L.
Posted May 5, 2018 - 2:56pm

It seems quite typical for the movement and case to be off by a year like this.  Nice watch, I am sure your wife is going to enjoy it!

Sangamo23J
Posted May 5, 2018 - 3:20pm

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Fixed :o)

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Thanks Bob!  Had some problems figuring out the "comments" in the first couple of posts.

jabs
Posted May 5, 2018 - 2:28pm

1949 Bulova Academy Award "X"

neetstuf-4-u
Posted May 5, 2018 - 3:24pm

Academy Award "X".

Watch originally came on leather. The Corfam "patent leather" band is a replacement, likely production dated between 1963 and 1972, which was the time frame it was produced.. 

No issue with movement date of 49 and case date of 50. It's quite common. Watch should probably be dated by the case.

mybulova_admin
Posted May 5, 2018 - 11:51pm

I've always loved these ribbed gold dials and have only ever seen them on Bulova AA watches.

It's fantastic that we are now able to finally ID these variants with a good deal of accuracy (thanks to Plains!)

1950 Bulova Academy Award 'X' it is.

Geoff Baker
Posted May 6, 2018 - 7:21am

Yes, hard to miss an Academy Award ID. Remember, the difference in production between a '49 movement and  '50 case could be just a couple days (last working day December, first working day of January).

1950 Bulova Academy Award X

bourg01
Posted May 6, 2018 - 6:42pm

Sweet, Great condition. A very nice example of a AA - X.

I have to get my collection of AA's from storage and get them posted. I have them all, in display cases and some with guarentee papers. Over achiever to aquire them all, slacker when it comes to posting. LOL

Admin, The ribbed dials are actually Curtain dials. So I've been told by a few collectors and researcher's.