Bulova 1970 International

Submitted by Proby01 on June 2, 2018 - 10:23am
12 00 02
Manufacture Year
1970
Movement Model
11BLC
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
3-0708
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

a very handsome round Bulova from 1970, very particular, clean, essential design, thin watch, marked Bulova on inside of the case back, grey dial "swiss" marked, Bulova crown, 34mm without the crown. I have no idea what model, if there is a model name, could be. People love it when they see it and ask me lots of questions on the model, which I cannot answer.

1970 Bulova watch
1970 Bulova watch
1970 Bulova watch
1970 Bulova watch
1970 Bulova watch
neetstuf-4-u
Posted June 2, 2018 - 1:04pm

Looks like this may be a Sea King.  Based on case markings, it appears to have been assembled/ produced at the Swiss factory for the European market. Movement doesn't appear to bear an 3 letter import code. Not a perfect match, which may be a variance between US and European style. There is also the possibility it's unrelated to US Sea Kings, but used a variation of the face with a different name for the non-US market. Number style is pretty distinctive.

US ad from 1970:

 

jabs
Posted June 2, 2018 - 2:44pm

In reply to by neetstuf-4-u

I think it's not Sea King, at least not from the advert, it has an entirely different lugs

Kathy L.
Posted June 2, 2018 - 3:22pm

Not finding an ad but I really love the look of this one!  I can see why people ask you about it.

Andersok
Posted June 8, 2018 - 12:48pm

I really like the clean looks of this model. I have not been able to find a match in the ads to give it a model name, so Unknown at this time.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted June 8, 2018 - 12:59pm

Unfortunately an unknown for me as well, but likely an International (non-US production) model.

Geoff Baker
Posted June 9, 2018 - 7:50am

It's a really nice watch Roby, I like it. I just don't know what to call it.

1970 Bulova Unknown

Kathy L.
Posted June 9, 2018 - 12:12pm

1970 Bulova Unknown for now.

JimDon5822
Posted August 2, 2021 - 7:56pm

Based on the 1966-1967 Line Book BAWD0164

1970 Bulova International Model #12 00 02

12 00 02 Intl12 00 02 Intl

Geoff Baker
Posted August 2, 2021 - 10:01pm

Do we tag as International model?