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mybulova_admin
Posted December 12, 2019 - 3:30am

You've given us two beauties, yet each has has it's individual quirks.

This particular watch certainly sports what I consider a 5000 movement, but the hands and dial are later.

My thinking of late is this:

In preparation for the event Bulova orders a large number of movements from the factory in Switzerland. They also manufacture a large number of cases (US).....or already have a large stockpile of Conqueror cases (a slow seller). Add to this a pile of dials (open and closed 9s) and various hand sets.

The event happens, and despite being prepared, Bulova are somewhat overwhelmed by the response for orders from their authorized Jewelers and they scramble to assemble as many watches as they can. With this they use up all the cases, movements, dials and hand sets they planned to use. Then released that they don't have enough dials and hands to meet the orders, so get a new batch ordered (or tap into another reserver) to accommodate the waiting cases and movements. 

This 'might' explain this watch and a few other's we see that have a variation in dial and hands, but still sport the correct 10AN movement with a serial number starting with '22'.

So far the range I've recorded for a 10AN movement with the -> arrow is from 225304 to 228259. These are usually housed in a case with a serial number starting with either '66xxxx' or '65xxxx', but predominantly starting with '663xxx'

All said and done I'd ID this watch as part of the orginal 5000, noting the variation in dial and hands, which could also just be a period replacements, but yes it is all 1927 Bulova Lone Eagle.