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So on the road I stop at a huge antique store in Des Moines, Iowa....  and I found these ads in their bins... HUGE ads like the size of old Life magazines like 11"x14" maybe.  Immaculate....  the photos I'm showing here were taken in a hotel room with my cell phone... plastic is still on them, but wow.  I'm very stoked... I'm going to frame them and make them nice wall pieces in my work room.  They were $4.95 each... except for the one with the Presidents from 1940.. that one was $7.95.

And it ends up being a Westfield!! AAAAWWWW BOOOOO !!!!

I'm still looking diligently for the real American Boy....  this is the first sniff I've even smelleded..  I've seen crystals for them.. but never the watch.  Anyone have one of these?

 First off, thank you for this site.  I t appears that there are many knowledgable folks here specific to Bulovas.  I have been lurking for a few weeks and am impressed with the knowledge base.  Personally, I am the grandson of an employee of Elgin National Watch company, and my grandfather passed on his skills with watches and tools to me before he passed.  For the last 40 years I have collected Elgin pocket watches and within the last year decided to explore wristwatches, specifically Bulovas due to their availability and company history.

The 1950's "Graduate" watch box.... sold for $10.50... only one I've ever seen.

That is one funky case... I haven't quite seen on like that before.

1967 Accutron 214.... found a runner finally!  Spent the cash for it... $140 shipped but meh... if it's up and humming.... a 15 dollar crystal from Clark and a 8 dollar dial spacer

140+15+8 = A $163 running Spaceview for me!

No words are needed.... that might be one of the sweetest... watches I've ever seen. = )

Just ran across this while looking for something else.  This watch was $1750 in 1927!!!   Must be the rarest Bulova ever.  Couldn't have been many sold if any.

Jay

vintagebulova.com

I need a better understanding of how the dial refinishing process works.  I've been advised to use International Dial Co. to do the job.  I have two questions about how to deal with them, but any other advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated, and I'm getting ready to do this for the first time.  I need to send them at least half a dozen dials.

seller has a case back marked A9 says it is a 1949...is that correct?