Bulova 1975 La Petite

Submitted by marissa.h on June 10, 2016 - 7:37am
OB
Manufacture Year
1975
Movement Model
5BD
Movement Date Code
X
Movement Jewels
23
Case Serial No.
P52864
Case shape
Oval
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

On the inside of the watch by the gears it looks like there is an "x" and a "-" symbol that are right next to each other. The back case says 10K Rolled Gold Plate. My Mom believes my Grandmother purchased this in 1975. This belonged to my Grandmother who has since passed away and my Mom and I were curious to get more information on this piece. 

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1975 Bulova watch
Geoff Baker
Posted June 11, 2016 - 6:05am

Hello Marissa, welcome to myBulova. I think you're most fortunate to have this wonderful little keepsake from your grandmother. Watches, like other jewelry are such personal items, they elicit a lot of emotion. It looks like grandma took good care of it. If you plan to wear it, please have it professionally cleaned and oiled regularly. There is no reason this beauty shouldn't last a couple more generations.

I agree with Jaroslav (jabs) that we would call this one an "Unknown" model. As you can see in the thread he linked to, we can't find an advert to support a model name. It's date is close to the time Bulova stopped giving their products proper names and only had model reference numbers.

To be sure of the date, the letter number combination on the case back, is it N5 or N6?

Unknown

mybulova_admin
Posted June 15, 2016 - 8:58am

Might possibly belong to the Bulova Diamond Pearl collection. Still looking for an advert to confirm.

Geoff Baker
Posted June 19, 2016 - 7:41am

Panel, any more thoughts?

Andersok
Posted June 19, 2016 - 9:22am

I've gone through the adverts as well and found no match. La Petite always comes to mind with diamonds and 23 jewels, but there were other models with those characteristics. This watch does appear to be N5 or N6, so 1975/76 would be the right date. It is a nice watch that you are fortunate to have passed down. A movement service and a nice cleaning and it should look and work nicely.

Unknown model

JimDon5822
Posted April 11, 2020 - 11:10am

Found in the 1973-74 Line Book BAWD0183 Page 107 of 159 

1975 La Petite "OB"

1974 La Petite OB

neetstuf-4-u
Posted April 11, 2020 - 11:40am

1975 La Petite "OB"