WWII Bulova ORD CORPS. Stainless Steel Case measures 39mm lug to lug x 32mm wide non inclusive of the Crown while using Calipers. White Dial shows Military standard Arabic numerals and Black printed tracks. Hour and Minute Hands are Military radium and a radium 10AK Military Seconds Hand appears on a sub Dial fully obscuring the 6. Anti-magnetic dust shield and Gasket between Caseback and Movement. 10 sided Stainless Steel Caseback screws on and is stamped as shown.
* although the Movement is Dated to 1944 this style of Military Case did not appear until 1945-'46. as found - glass in poor condition.
The movement appears to be a 10AK normally used in Ordinance watches without a hack capability. The case bezel appears to be a Type A-17 that requires a 10BNCH hack movement. The screw in caseback says ORD but, screw backs are interchangeable between type A-11/ORD watches & type A-17. I strongly suspect this watch to be a put together Frankenbully.
11/04/2011 Correction to second sentence above: Type A-17 style case.
Wayne, This Case design is not a Type A-17 as You put it, it is in fact a 1945+ Military issue design which carried through the 1960's. Not only do We find the Korean War era A17A in this case (parkerized version shown below)
but We also see the Vietnam War era 3818A (shown below) in the same.
First seen in late 1945-46 the Steel Military issue Case matches the production timeline of the 10AK movement, as does the Dial, the Caseback and the branch of Service it was issued to .
A rare, significant and very legit Military Timepiece. - 1945 (46) Bulova 'ORD CORPS'
Please show the source/technical manual of the sub-seconds dial being issued in this case, with a 10AK movement. I have no doubt about the other watches you just presented, only the sub-seconds dial. Stay with the subject watch please.
Wayne, 'ORD CORPS' is a post WWII caseback marking for what was/is commonly known as the 'ORD DEPT' pieces of WWII (in which Bulova used the same 15Jewel sub Dialed 10AK). As mentioned this Steel Military Case design came into play in late 1945 or 1946 for all branches of Service. (Military spec) Very few of the Bulova's are seen but I'll see what I can find. Stay tuned.
I am aware that Elgin shown below & Waltham you just showed above were contracted to make an issue watch with the sub-seconds dial & the stainless steel case, but I am unaware of Bulova making any.
A Bulova is shown above. All of the major Watchmakers at that time were players. - Bulova, Waltham, Elgin and Hamilton. (wrong style Hour and Minute Hands on the Elgin You are showing btw)
Waltham Dial courtesy of MWR. Bulova's last Military piece was produced in the 1960's.
In reply to A Bulova is shown above. All by FifthAvenueRes…
Incorrect hour and minute hands on the subject watch. The correct hands for the ORD. DEPT. and ORD. CORPS. white dialled watches should be as below. The subject's hour and minute hands are the ones used in black ORD. DEPT. and Type A-11 Navigators watches, as below.
1944 A-11.
1943 ORD. DEPT.
1943 ORD. DEPT. (unissued)
In reply to Incorrect hour and minute by bobbee
I would have to disagree with Your analogy.
The Black dialed 10AK 'ORD DEPT' watches You show do not have luminous painted hands, they are simple white. The subject watch has luminous hands, which are proven to have been used on the Bulova 15 jewel military wristwatch by the nomenclature on the surplus parts package shown below.
*note the manufacturers no: BWC-63-ORD-RAD This is the 2nd example of the Military 10AK wristwatch I own showing this style of hand / dial combination.
Fifth
Again you are off of the subject watch, the Bulova sub-seconds dial with the 10AK movement that you logged in. I doubt that these Bulovas above are powered by a 10AK movment. They are most probably hack watches, if you care to show the movements. We are talking about a Bulova WWII & early postwar watch (1944, 1945), not the last military Bulova produced.
I'm not off the subject - We're talkng 'ORD DEPT' / 'ORD CORPS' Bulova: the last 3 images look very similar to the 'ORD CORPS' subject Watch and cannot be hacking Wayne, they all have sub Second Dials.
Center seconds - Hacking.
Sub Seconds - non Hacking.
There is no such Animal as a sub Second Dialed hacking Military issue Watch.
Homework please before You attack any of My Watches. Your notions are simply ludicrous and getting annoying.
1945 Bulova 'ORD CORPS': an early post WWII non-hacking 15 Jewel U.S. Military issue Wristwatch.