Hello,
This is my grandmothers watch. If you think it's necessary I will bring to jeweler to open.
I contacted Bulova and they sent me here. I have not found one identical to this on the internet.
Thank you for your time.
Hello and welcome to myBulova! Thank you for sharing your grandmother's beautiful watch with us. I am going to guess this watch is from the 1950s but haven't found a match yet. If you want an exact date for the watch we would need to see a photo of the movement. Hopefully we will find a model and get us in a ballpark for the year.
It is like this one from 1948 https://mybulova.com/watches/1948-la-petite-11974 La Petite
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Thank you for sharing your grandmother's watch with us! I'm going to agree this is a La Petite "J".
OK, Panel, I have a theory. Based on the other example called out by Kathy and the case serial numbers of that one and this one, It's possible that solid gold cases in the 1950's may have been dated like earlier pre-1950 watches. The s/n of this one is 735557 and subject watch is s/n 632443.
If the s/n is just a production number, the difference between these two watches is 103,114. That number seems high to me for a solid gold diamond encrusted ladies watch, $150 in 1956 is worth $1,564.61 today. If the first number indicates year and is discounted; the difference is 3,114. That seems to be a reasonable number for 2 specialty watches dated a year apart.
If we had a date code off the movement of either of these watches, it would likely prove or disprove this thought. I'm inclined at this point with available info to date this watch as 1956.
1956 La Petite "J"
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