Geoff Baker
Posted June 7, 2017 - 6:01am
This is an Academy Award case without a doubt, I think both the "R" and the "W" used this case. This band is also original to one of the the Academy models but I don't remember which one. I'm not 100% sure I've seen a plain white dial in an AA watch. While there is a minor possibility of it being a collection of AA parts, to your point Bob it's hard to imagine this being anything but a genuine Academy Award watch. I rather doubt it's a heretofore undocumented variant but it certainly is a possibility. I am not concerned with the year space between case and movement date codes. It shows very well, it's a beautiful watch.
1951 Academy Award