This watch belongs to a friend of mine. He is a jeweler, and a co-worker gifted this watch to him when he left the company. The gentleman who gave him the watch is in his late forties and it was given to him by his grandfather. That is about all that is known about the history. It is in working condition, it sounds great. As you can see in the photos, it has no date code or symbol that we can see. I put the year at 1960 only because I had to put a valid year in to add the watch, I have no idea what year it actually is.
In reply to Great ad for the '100'. I by Andersok
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Great ad for the '100'. I also had this ad from 1973, but the dial font is different. I wonder does the -5W designate a dial specific style or color, and would there be other #W or #Y designations for the same style number?
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I know the 'W' with this Style number watch indicates (Stainless Steel). Not all ads/sales rep photos with Style numbers get that specific with (W or Y) but this one happens to. The 'W" on gold watch Style numbers reference (White Gold). If a Style number has a 'Y", it would indicate Yellow Gold. I am not exactly sure what the -5 part of the Style number would indicate. Your Accutron 100 pic dial is certainly different then the sales rep ad dial I posted. I can't explain why there is a difference. We have seen some non-Bulova produced ad pics not match up properly with the descriptions below them but I really can't explain that pic without guessing. Also, I found that Maroon dial you posted earlier. It is Style #21117-7W Model Accutron 265 (below). As you can see, just dial color makes a big difference in Style number and model numbers. As we all know, it can get complicated very fast.
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