Bulova 1967 Centennial

Submitted by Styles Bitchley on July 26, 2021 - 9:40am
I
Manufacture Year
1967
Movement Model
11AL
Movement Jewels
17
Case Serial No.
J884498
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

This 1967 Bulova belonged to my Great Uncle. A quick look around leads me to believe that it's a Sea King (based on the case shape and numeral fonts). However, I have not seen any examples that have a sub-second hand like this one does. I'm hoping you and your team can be of assistance. 

1967 Bulova Sub-second dial and hands
Bulova 11AL Movement
Back of the watch
Case Back (outside)
Case Back (Inside)
JimDon5822
Posted July 27, 2021 - 9:39pm

1967 Golden Centennial "I" looks to be a match.

Geoff Baker
Posted July 27, 2021 - 9:49pm

Interesting, I had a long talk yesterday with a Bulova Sales Rep about a long list of things not related to this watch, until we talked about Canada (where both of us have spent a fair amount of time). Apparently the Canadian division of Bulova had a tendency to do things the home office in New York did not know about. It's so cool that we have these watches so completely unique to that division!

1967 Bulova Centennial I

neetstuf-4-u
Posted July 28, 2021 - 8:20am

Here is another ad from BC, Canada dated 1967.

1967 Centennial "I" works for me.

bc centennial ad

Styles Bitchley
Posted July 28, 2021 - 11:05am

Thanks very much for being so helpful guys. I spend most of my time on the Rolex and Seiko forums, but after re-discovering this old piece (it was in a storage locker for years) I thought I had to learn more. At 32mm, I'm not sure how much wrist time it will get. But we'll see! 

It's interesting that the case was clearly used for a bunch of different models at that time. It's certainly the same case as the 1967 Sea King and even a few others.