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1930? 1940? Frankunbully?

Submitted by Donotstack on May 9, 2012 - 8:43pm

Hello all, I just recently bought this watch site unseen and I cant find it anywhere in the adds. The movement has a rams head or something on it that makes it a 1930 or 40. I thought that it may be a art deco watch from the 50's but the movement is throwing me off. It is only 15 jewels which I believe would put it more in the 30's and the movement is numbered 541464. The case is stainless on the back which makes me wonder if it isnt a Frankenbully case. The case is square and the crystal comes up a good 1/8th of an inch.  Hopefully someone here could help me out.

Need help identifying Bulova watch

Submitted by Heyoka on May 9, 2012 - 6:57pm

Hello! I need assistance identifying this Men's Quartz Bulova watch.  It was a gift and most likely purchased in Azerbaijan or Moscow.  The model number on the face is 98A05.  I cannot find anything like it on the internet and think it's one of the most beautiful pieces I've seen.  This website is not letting me upload my files, so I will provide links to the photos, below.

Thank you so much for any help you can provide.

Bulova98A05.jpg

Bulova 1972: Sea King, Date King?

Submitted by egidius on May 7, 2012 - 11:13am

Hi all,

Found a rather nice Bulova from 1972 recently (N2, J353804), but I'm unsure about the model. It came in a Date King box (see picture), but it looks different from most Date Kings I know: the case is a bit squared, for example, and it has a display for the day of the week. Could use some Bulova wisdom: what do you think...?

Old Movement, Strange Symbol

Submitted by NOVA on May 2, 2012 - 8:02pm

I picked up this old pocket watch conversation just because I was curious about it, and I have some questions for you movement experts in the forum.

The dial looks like authentic old Bulova to me, and so does the movement, but the case is more recent and not Bulova, so I think we should just leave that out of the discussion for now.  My question really has to do with a symbol on the movement.

The movement is a 10 A.I., 15 Jewels, 3 Adjustments, Swiss, serial no. 74417.

1958 Unknown

Submitted by el tel on May 2, 2012 - 1:52pm

The watch is dated 1958 with a 17 jewel movement number 11AC.  The case number is D202415 and is 10k RGP. The nearest matching case to this is a 1957  Ambassador F which is a white RGP bezel and the same movement .  There are a number of Ambassador watches listed in the index without an actual watch . I am wondering whether this is an unknown Ambassador model . Have done the usual searches and come up with nothing.

terry

Bulova self winding

Submitted by Roadtoad on May 2, 2012 - 9:44am

Hello to the forum,

I bought a job lot of watches at auction and one of them is a Bulova self winder. It has no other information as to the model. The front is gold plated, now wearing through in places. The backplate says that it is waterproof, shock resistant and anti magnetic. It also says swiss under the No 6 at the bottom. I dont think it will be that valuable the glass is crazed and it doesn,t work but I would like to find out which one it is if I can.