I bought this one on ebay for $15 listed as a parts watch. It was pitifull looking. Had one hand, the silver minute hand, no crystal, no winding stem or crown, and wasn't running. The dial doesn't have any room for any more patina, but I kinda like the looks of it. I got it running and keeping time, put a new crystal on it, and two hands (the hour and seconds hand). They are gold and I left the silver minute hand on it. I plan to replace them all with silver hands as soon as I run across some. I think this is a 1934 Lone Eagle.
Nice save! Looks like the dial was repainted black over white and has since been cleaned almost all the way through the repaint. I think I'm seeing the original black minutes and seconds tracks peeking through. Movement looks like it may have kicked around for a while outside of a case or had replacement parts from one that did; but is correct for a 1934 dated LE
Hey, it's now a functional "beater" / survivor - I like it! Agreed, it's a
1934 Lone Eagle (noting dial)
In reply to Nice save! Looks like the… by neetstuf-4-u
Thanks Neetstuf. To me it doesn't look like the dial was ever painted black because the part that was inside the case is still white. I think it just spent many years in storage without a crystal. I like the way the way it looks. It's got an aged patina look to it.
I think a 1934 Bulova Lone Eagle...
Ironically I juat went through this.
Same dial. Someone painted it black a thousand years ago. The before pic was right during the first TarnX treatment. It was a little blacker and its starting to come off there. The second pic was after TarnX was done, and I used some radico putty to clean it up a little more.
Not perfect, but I took a dial that was heading to the bin back to serviceable!
In reply to I think a 1934 Bulova Lone… by plainsmen
