Bulova 1964 Beau Brummell

Submitted by kratzjoseph60 on June 3, 2020 - 4:59pm
Manufacture Year
1964
Movement Model
10BZ
Movement Jewels
23
Case Serial No.
H240017
Case shape
Square
Case color
White
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I have looked all over this site and elsewhere, but I can't seem to find an exact match for this watch. I originally thought it was a diamond excellency, however the dial is textured, has 3 diamonds instead of 2, has an applied bulova logo, and has 23 jewels printed on the face. the diamond excellency has none of those. It could be non conforming, or it could be a whole different model. Maybe the line book could shed some light, or I possibly missed something in an ad when I was searching.  

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neetstuf-4-u
Posted June 3, 2020 - 6:57pm

Man, I draw a blank on this one. Looks like it should be a Diamond Excellency, but it's 23 jewels instead of 17 and has an extra diamond at the 12.

Sorry, for me for now it's 

1964 Unknown

Andersok
Posted June 3, 2020 - 9:48pm

Same here, unable to find a match. Some Beau Brummel models at this time had diamonds and 23 jewels.

-Unknown model

Geoff Baker
Posted June 4, 2020 - 9:31pm

I feel like I've seen this watch a dozen times but apparently I haven't, I can't find a match either. 1960 Bulova Unknown

mybulova_admin
Posted June 5, 2020 - 11:09pm

Found both of these in the 1966/67 LIne books.

10K Rolled Gold Plate version - Diamond Excellency (yep 17J movement)
1966 Bulova Diamond Excellency

10K Gold Filled version - Beau Brummell (yep 17J movement again)
1966 Bulova Beau Brummell

Noting found matching the 23J version.

Based on the '10K Gold Filled' case I'm at Beau Brummell (no variant) 

Beau Brummell's were available with 17, 21, 23 and 30 jewelled movements

Geoff Baker
Posted June 7, 2020 - 10:20pm

I guess I would be a bit tentative on the Beau but it beats Unknown...

neetstuf-4-u
Posted June 8, 2020 - 7:04pm

Agreed, Geoff. I'll go tentative Beau Brummell based on the similarities to the line book entries.We can always update if a conflicting ad is found.

1964 BB (no variant) with the possibility of a movement swap.