Snag this rare BULOVA 1916 RUBAIYAT men's trench watch from the bay !!! It seem me and FIFTH AVENUE opened up a new club!! Welcome to me as a new memember !! Just need to find the good pair of hands and a trench strap. Hard to say if i overpay for this (80$us+17$us.ship) but i now own a men bulova 1910 era!
*as an added note: early ads show Waltham using this wire lug case design in 1914
Martin,
You will be interested in the Hands shown in this ad
https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/historypics/1914Waltham.jpg
In reply to Martin, You will be… by FifthAvenueRes…
i think yours got the right one.... lack of ad here.....
In reply to i think yours got the right… by mart1n888
radium dial - radium hands
non radium dial - non radium hands
The dial on Your watch is non radium, the black (blued) modern or stick type hands would be correct.
imo
In reply to radium dial - radium hands… by FifthAvenueRes…
It is certainly possible that the radium has simply been removed. I do that with many of my 1920s watches when the condition is poor and either chipped or already flaking. The open nature of the numbers certainly allowed for radium paint to be applied.
I agree though, you could use either for this watch and it would still look good and be correct.
Currently, We are basing all of Our information and knowledge on bits of information and records found in the United States.
One doesn't simply decide one day to open a manufacturing facility in Bienne, Switzerland for the purpose of solely importing Watches and Clocks to America. This would be a massive undertaking for a Jeweler from Maiden Lane in NY.
There is more to the 'J.Bulova & Cie' Biel, La Chaux-de-fonds, Schweiz Mikrolisk horological trademark index entry than We know. Like for example, who are 'the others' mentioned?
I will defer this to the experts on these earliest of models but it does seem to be in line with FifthAvenueRes that is in the DB so I would be comfortable with 1916 Bulova Rubaiyat
ok, so may we date this little bully as a BULOVA 1916 RUBAIYAT by now ?..... (for the moment till we got more info)
One thing we try and do it group watches a much as possible, especiallyk those were there may be questions as to the exact year or model name.
With this in mind I'll go ahead and ID as a 1616 Rubaiyat so that it aligns with the other example we have. This way if new information is presented we can find them easily and amend.
work in progress.... will wait strap and hands before changing picture..... but its a start!
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