mybulova_admin
Posted April 15, 2026 - 10:24pm
In 1924 the watch also started out as a 'Bulova 6513', although with a 16 jewelled movement, it may have actually been a '6613', as the second number related to the jewel count (67xx = 17J, 65xx = 15J)
I would tend to agree that the case serial number suggests an early 1925 release.
Model name is tricky.
- June 6, 1925: Bulova 6513 (Quality filled version)
- Date unknown, 1925: Bulova 6513 (Quality filled version)
- September 26, 1925: Bulova Patria
- Date unknown, 1925: Bulova Pater
- Date unknown, 1925: Bulova Pater
- December 12, 1925: Bulova Pater
- December 13, 1925: Bulova Pater
From this we can determine that as at June 1925 it was still advertised as a '6513' and then in September 1925 it was a 'Patria', and then sometime post a 'Pater'.
Based on this and the suggestion that the case serial is early 1925, I would nominate a Bulova '6513', although the 16 jewelled versions may have been designated with the number '6613'.
1925 Bulova '6613' or '6513'