In reply to Hi, I'm the resident AA… by JEV1A
John - I'd like to clarify, for the record, statements you made regarding a lawsuit against Bulova. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) did not sue Bulova over these watches or any other matter. The lawsuit you refer to was filed against Bulova by a company called Academy Awards PRODUCTS (AAP). AAP was registered for the sole purpose of filing frivolous legal actions against companies using the "Academy Award" and/or "Oscar" words in their products and or advertising. The judgement can be found here.
Taking the time to read it you'll notice that the judge noted, unrelated to any action by AMPAS that Bulova was unfairly representing it's self as being the recipient of an actual Academy Award. AMPAS was not involved in this legal action in any way although the Bulova stipulated later that they would cease using "Academy Award" and "Oscar" in their advertisement. That stipulation effectively end the Academy Award Line one year before the agreement with AMPAS ran out.
Academy Award models are not lawsuit watches. They were produced under a legitimate agreement between AMPAS and Bulova Corp. I hesitate to refer to any of them as one of a kind in that Bulova made THOUSANDS of these watches in 30 some varieties. We currently have over 145 of these watches in our dB in men's and women's styles, they can be viewed here.