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neetstuf-4-u
Posted October 28, 2018 - 6:34pm

Based on the new photos and info, my gut feeling is that it's a marriage of parts with  a refinished non-Bulova colored dial; It appears that there is a tiny bit of "overspray" on  the inside edge of the "8". Dial may be original Bulova color (but should be paired with a rose gold case.) The vast majority of gold cased watches have gold dial markers. I'm puzzled by this one.

Nothing negative, it's a cool watch and an attractive job, however ID'ing it as a Bulova model is tough.

I may be wrong, but think this one falls into the non-conforming catagory. It could be a yet to be identified variant, but colors don't seem to match the Bulova norm. Wear it and enjoy it.

It's a toss up for me - either

1947 Excellency no variant noting possible non standard replacement dial and hands; or

1947 non-conforming

I'm leaning towards non-conforming