Very interesting and great sleuthing to discover the model name and find this unexpected (to me) production year.
My grandfather gifted this watch when he died in the 80s. He also passed on to me the Illinois pocket watch that this Bulova replaced as his dress watch. My father told me his dad bought this Bulova Officer watch shortly after my father bought his watch (which was a different brand, but similar look of the dial) at the same store in Paducah, KY. That was the summer of 1954. Seems odd that the watch would be 9 years old at the time of purchase at the store. I assumed he purchased new, but now that's not so unless the watch had remained unsold for 9 years. Since I tied this watch to 1954, the most similar watch (but not perfect match) I could find was the Standish.
This will give me something interesting to share with Dad next time we talk.
Thanks very much for spending time and your efforts to help identify this watch!!!