The brushed finish gold plated case measures 40 mm lug tip to lug tip x 37 mm wide not including the signed crown x 20mm inside lug / strap width. The brushed metallic silver finish dial has a combination of applied gold / black two tone hour markers with lume pips to the outside, as well as the Bulova 30 Automatic signature and minute track printed in black. The lumed baton style hour and minute hands are gold / black two tone. There is no second hand which is correct for the 12 EBA micro rotor movement which is based on the Buren 1280 movement. The screw down stainless steel caseback is stamped Bulova N2.
Hi DanG1972, Welcome! I'm a little late to the party on this one. My gut said this was a European produced Ambassador based on movement. however upon closer examination, it appears there is an import code below Bulova Watch Co and to the right under the balance. Looks like "LBX"? Can you confirm or am I seeing something else?
I like the looks of it - classic early 1970's styling. I'm still leaning towards "Ambassador", but without ad verification, I'm currently at unknown.
In reply to The 'Bulova 30' was an early by Andersok
I have to agree, the Bulova 30 only seems to have existed in the early 1960's and then morphed into specific named models (in the US market). With no import code on the movement, it seems likely this was produced outside the US, but we aren't seeing the case serial number prefixed with a "I-" or "1-" that seems to be usually associated with International models previously ID'ed.
It's entirely possible this is a European "Bulova 30" with no US counterpart. That thought is based on face marking of "Bulova 30" as opposed to "Bulova 30 Jewels" That would actually seem to be representative of a name as opposed to just jewel count?
Tough call without any point of reference ads.
In reply to What a cool watch with a cool by rterra