Inside case back reads: Bulova 14K Gold Filled American Standard Pat. Jun. 10, 1924. 1926 movement, possible a 1926 Conqueror, the model the Lone Eagle was based on.
{updated to new DB format 2012/03/22}
Believe this to be a 1926 Conqueror. I dare say that this was release just before the Lone Eagle was introduced.
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...and case SN begins with a six..
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updated to 1926
I have the same model... Wasn't the "Conqueror" case engraving and enameling slightly different? Perhaps they also used the "10AP" initially, for the first production run of the Lone Eagle I ?? So this movement was used first, and would also be considerably RARER than the 10AN model, I suspect???
Best :-) Scott
I see a triangle and an arrow. Which one is correct??
In reply to I see a triangle and an by JP
Only other 10AP in DB is 15 jewel 1926. SN on mvnt. I'm "guessing" the triangle is correct, and don't know why the arrow (1937) is there, but it is.
The Triangle with the Arrow on the Movement makes absolutely no sense for 1926.
However,
The Triangle with the Arrow does make sense for 1935 - '37.
This information would suggest the 10AP already in the database is from 1936 not 1926 as currently listed.
In reply to The Triangle with the Arrow by FifthAvenueRes…
So that could mean the subject 10AP was added much later.....but both subject mvnt and Database mvnt have serial numbers..... 1935-7 is too late for this. No 10AP at Ranfft. A few 10AP in watch database as 1925-1926, including Fifth's nice Ambassador:
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1928-ambassador-854 with 1925 mvnt I'll update movement database w/ various examples on site.
Subject conqueror has a case serial number (6637758) within the range of case SN's for First 5000 Lone Eagle Cut Corners. It is sequentially between record 7 and record 9 (at bottom of comment) - the range for First 5000 LECC's listed by Stephen.
Record 7 case SN 6637786
Subject Conqueror SN 6637758
Record 9 case SN 6637411
Why is subject watch case SN within this range, but not a Lone Eagle case? Is this an outlier to the case serial number pattern?
Stephen lists the following excerpt below at: http://www.mybulova.com/node/1129
The Original 5000 Lone Eagles that I have come across in the last 5 years have these serial numbers
Record #, Date stamp, movement model, movement serial, case serial and jewel count
1. 26 10AN 225751 XXXXXX 17
2. 26 10AN 226044 6636667 17
3. 26 10AN 226840 6634587 17
4. 26 10AN 226934 6635298 17
5. 26 10AN 226975 6636219 17
6. 26 10AN 227205 XXXXXX 17
7. 26 10AN 227326 6637786 17
8. 26 10AN 227399 6560017 17
9. 26 10AN 227730 6637411 17
10. 26 10AN 228227 6636409 17