I just wanted to do a quick update on my watch.
First, thanks Geoff. Yes, it is a variant of the "23" according to Mike Cousineau, who has the watch now. He already did all the repair/cleaning to the watch. He told me its a "23', but he has never seen one with the large dial markers like mine has. After conferring with him some more about the watch and looking at some pictures he sent to me, it was decided that the dial was so badly damaged that it would not clean up well enough, so it has been sent out for total restoration. That's where it stands now. When Mike gets it back, I'll pay him for his work on the watch, and when I get it back, I'll start looking for an appropriate band for it. As many of you probably know, Mike is a purist and would like to see a leather band back on the watch. I'm still up in the air about it. I like the look and convenience of expansion bands. He doesn't like expansion bands, because, just as Geoff stated, they can cause damage to the lugs. I don't know. I know my dad has always had expansion bands on this watch and he wore it every day to a heavy, dirty, factory job and, according to Mike, the lugs are still in good shape on the watch. I surmise my dad probably installed at least 3 expansion watch bands over the 30 to 35 years that he wore it. I've been looking on eBay at the NOS vintage, old stock, GF watch bands and I'll say that the one seller (maybe even a member of MyBulova) has some REALLY nice old vintage watch bands that would look great on my watch. However, I've been looking at some leather bands, too, that look great, but would have to get one of those quick deployment clasps to go along with it. I'll decide which way to go when I get the watch back and I'll post pictures of Mike's completed work.
Some other interesting info on the watch: Mike took it apart and weighed it and it has 13.8 grams of 14kt gold.
I'll ask him about the movement model when I talk to him again.
Geoff, also, what would the "variants" be if you were able to assign one to my watch?
Thanks
Tony