Bulova 1947 American Girl

Submitted by nicoroc on
Manufacture Year
1947
Movement Model
5AC
Movement Jewels
17
Case Serial No.
-
Case shape
Square
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

wound and ran over night keeping time. more pics to come, excellent condition. for sale

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bourg01
Posted April 9, 2013 - 6:38pm

The caseback date should put it in the early 50's. I can say with certainty, There was no American Girl in the 40's or at least I've never seen one earlier than the 50's. I think this one will be from 1952-53 but I wouldn't commit to that notion 100%.

William Smith
Posted April 9, 2013 - 6:49pm

PM sent requesting update on a case date code symbol.  

William Smith
Posted April 15, 2013 - 2:38pm

I'm good w/ American Girl, but I don't think this model was advertised until the 1950's.  Any suggestions on a date for this watch?  It couldn't have been an American Girl in 1947.

William Smith
Posted April 15, 2013 - 8:47pm

Should we update year to our "guess" of 1952?  Sounds like 1947 isn't possible w/ this model series.

bourg01
Posted April 15, 2013 - 9:38pm

Nope, 1947 isn't a possibility but I don't think we can assingn a date without confirmation of the case date stamp. The watch is an American Girl with a movement swap. That's about as far as we should go with it.

OldTicker
Posted April 15, 2013 - 10:11pm

I would agree, Non-Conforming American Girl, wrong movement, wrong era...

mybulova_admin
Posted April 16, 2013 - 7:44am

Wrong movement doesn't make it non-conforming neccesatily, it just makes it an American Girl with the wrong movement.

If you put a 10AE in a Conqueror or Lone Eagle, it would still be a Conqueror or Lone Eagle, just with the wrong movement.

William Smith
Posted April 17, 2013 - 2:46pm

Sounds like we have a non-American Girl dial now too.  Incorrect movement and incorrect dial, along with no solid year of case production (which we would need to use if ID'ed as American Girl- since we are basically ID'ing the case in this instance).  

I think it's either Non-Conforming, or a record which can be deleted (or ignored) since we don't even know the date.

Stinky_Sullivan
Posted September 1, 2025 - 10:29pm

The picture of the movement is a bit blurry so it’s kinda hard to see the movement number clearly but if you compare the movement to the 5AC, you can see it’s a match. So it’s the 5AC and not a 5AO.