Geoff Baker
Posted November 1, 2014 - 6:43am
Hi dj, welcome to myBulova. You are most fortunate to have this wonderful keepsake of your grandmother. I'm a big fan of family heirlooms like this. I agree that the D of your watch is Lady Bulova E. You can see from the advert jabs linked there were a couple variants of the Lady Bulova in 1939. Based on the case serial number, I suggest this might be a 1938 watch ( s/n begins with year = 8), the shield on the case is not a date code - Bulova didn't date code cases until 1948. There might be a date code on the movement but I can't see it in the photo. The watch is in very nice condition, it was treated well. Based on the present value of a 1938 dollar, this watch would be about $800 today. $50 was a lot of money in 1938!