First time posting on the site. I appologize if i mess this up.
This was purchased off ebay, 1969 Oceanographer 333ft. Movement is 11blacd. Case is round, front loader with split stem. The case resembles an Oceanographer 'k' marked 706 on inside. But the dial resembles an Oceanographer 'e'. The inside had no signatures and everything seemed like I may have been the first one in this watch. I'm trying to find the Oceanographer variant, if it has one. Thanks all!
Heres my video of cleaning it. https://youtu.be/PHt9bkKT3KM
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This is not an Oceanographer E case as it is perfectly round and not notched between the lugs. The illusion here is the notched lugs are below the round bezel given the perception this is the same case but it is not. I believe the case is a Sea King EW. I am not sure if the dial and case went together originally and I looked hard for a match but could not find one. So I am at either Unknown or 1969 Bulova Oceanographer unknown variant.
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I was onboard with the Sea King 'EW'....until I took a look at one, the case look smaller and there looks to be a sort of chapter/tension/reflector ring. Then the biggest ah-ha is the case back. It's a screw back, not a front loader. Here's the 'EX' on this site. The x and w are mentioned to be the same, other than the dial color.
Here is an Oceanographer K identified in the DB with the same case but with a black dial. https://mybulova.com/watches/1968-oceanographer-12031. I wonder if there was a change in the Bezel ring after the linebook was photographed. Based in this and Dave's additional research I am now leaning to 1969 Bulova Oceanographer E.
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