FifthAvenueRes…
Posted September 14, 2011 - 7:40am
Wayne,
He sounds cornfused.
The 3818A was introduced in 1956 replacing the Type A-17A.
Bulova 3818A
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1960-military-issue-2282
The first A-17A is dated to around 1948. http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11308 according to Military spec data.
"After 1948, maybe 1949 (That's when Military Specifications [MIL-W-XXX] started to come out, replacing service specific specifications) but before 1952."
1948 - 1956 would place Bulova's Dog, the 'Type A-17A', in the midst of the Korean War conflict http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/TimeLine.htm which incidentally seemed like a continuation of WWII to Me.