Hello, new member here. I am from the U.S. and in my 60's. I have been collecting for about 10 years now. I have used this site to look at watches and research the models I have found for several years now. I appreciate the fact you have now let me be a full member. The reason I joined is over the summer months I picked up a Diamond Excellency model from 1967. I want to replace the generic replacement crystal with a NOS faceted crystal, the correct one. Using your site, I see one of your members listed the crystal as a 1330FA. It is here:
Bulova 1965 Diamond Excellency | myBulova.com
Next, I found this eBay sale for what looks to be the correct crystal:
Genuine Bulova Accutron Part # 1330FA Faceted Watch Crystal | eBay
I would really appreciate it if one of you Bulova experts could confirm that I have done all the correct research before I buy the crystal and take the watch to my watchmaker for service and crystal replacement. Thank you in advance for any help I do receive and thank you again for allowing me to be a member here on this site.
McKinley
In reply to I will check the back of the… by McKinley
Ahhh, yes.....you are correct and more observant than me. I am glad you pointed it out to me. My watchmaker is in his 70's and semi retired. He is only open 2 days a week, Thurs and Fri. Since Christmas is this Thursday and next Thursday is New Years, I am afraid I may not get in to see him until after the New Year, but thank you all for the help. I am seriously considering just ordering that crystal on eBay, there isn't that much to lose. LOL
In reply to Ahhh, yes.....you are… by McKinley
In reply to Ahhh, yes.....you are… by McKinley
I think I will, yes. I know my watchmaker doesn't have one, I asked this summer on the Friday I found the watch. But I didn't know the correct, or didn't know how to find the correct crystal part number until this weekend/this post. Again, thank you especially for all your help. I only wanted to wait until I saw John to have him open the watch and check the case number for me. At this time, I am 99.9% sure this is the correct crystal and would have ordered this afternoon, but the eBay post says he is away until the 29th, so I suppose there is no hurry. This site has been very helpful and I think the only thing that could stop me from ordering from that eBay seller is if someone on here has one to sell, I would support the site member or if someone finds this thread and pipes in with some legitimate doubts on that crystal being the correct one. I hope that makes sense. I appreciate the feedback.
McK