Bulova 1957 Miss America

Submitted by kmathis413 on April 17, 2010 - 12:10pm
Manufacture Year
1957
Movement Model
6BD
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
S780096
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

 This was my grandmother's watch given to her by my grandfather on their 40th wedding anniversary. Missing the crown, but it's currently with a jeweler for repair and cleaning.

 

Bulova watch
1957 Bulova watch
JimDon5822
Posted October 17, 2019 - 8:20pm

From a 1952 ad in Vintage Bulova Adverts

Five year difference in ad vs watch date but could be a 1952 Miss America

JimDon5822
Posted October 17, 2019 - 8:27pm

Found a period ad from 1956 confirming model name closer to 1957

The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · 17 Oct 1956

1957 Miss America

Kathy L.
Posted October 17, 2019 - 11:37pm

Welcome to myBulova and thank you for sharing your grandmother's watch with us.  What a wonderful heirloom for you to have.  It is wonderful you are getting it service so you can enjoy wearing it.  I am assuming it has an L7 on the case.

1957 Bulova Miss America

Geoff Baker
Posted October 18, 2019 - 10:10pm

JimDon, I think you hit the nail on the head. This watch has been in the Unknown bin for almost 10 years, Well Done.

1957 Bulova Miss America

neetstuf-4-u
Posted November 24, 2019 - 5:18pm

Well done indeed.

1957 Miss America

mart1n888
Posted May 3, 2024 - 9:48am

In reply to by neetstuf-4-u

Hi ! i try to understand the difference between this watch and the 1957 Miss America 'E' beside de # of  the movement, dont we classified the watch by his case model and year ? Maybe an admin should take a look at this..... or please explain to me why they arent both the same model......even their case serial number.

always friendly !

1955mercury
Posted May 3, 2024 - 10:52am

Hi martln888. I think they're the same, but this one was posted 14 years ago and it took 9 years just to find an ad that identified it as a Miss America. Now 14 years later we have information identifying it as a Miss America, variant "E". This one just hasn't been updated yet. We're all continually learning more and more about Bulovas as we find new information. Hope this explains it for you.