Bulova 1916 Rubaiyat

Submitted by mart1n888 on
Manufacture Year
1916
Movement Jewels
7
Case Serial No.
-
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Rubaiyat W.Co.
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Snag this rare BULOVA 1916 RUBAIYAT  men's trench watch from the bay !!! It seem me and FIFTH AVENUE opened up a new club!! Welcome to me as a new memember !! Just need to find the good pair of hands and a trench strap. Hard to say if i overpay for this (80$us+17$us.ship) but i now own a men bulova 1910 era! 

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FifthAvenueRes…
Posted September 22, 2024 - 8:36am

*as an added note: early ads show Waltham using this wire lug case design in 1914

mart1n888
Posted September 22, 2024 - 12:27pm

i think yours got the right one.... lack of ad here.....

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted September 23, 2024 - 3:33am

radium dial - radium hands

non radium dial - non radium hands

 

The dial on Your watch is non radium, the black (blued) modern or stick type hands would be correct.

imo

mybulova_admin
Posted September 24, 2024 - 6:00pm

It is certainly possible that the radium has simply been removed. I do that with many of my 1920s watches when the condition is poor and either chipped or already flaking. The open nature of the numbers certainly allowed for radium paint to be applied.

I agree though, you could use either for this watch and it would still look good and be correct.

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted September 22, 2024 - 11:32am

Currently, We are basing all of Our information and knowledge on bits of information and records found in the United States. 

One doesn't simply decide one day to open a manufacturing facility in Bienne, Switzerland for the purpose of solely importing Watches and Clocks to America.  This would be a massive undertaking for a Jeweler from Maiden Lane in NY. 

There is more to the 'J.Bulova & Cie' Biel, La Chaux-de-fonds, Schweiz Mikrolisk horological trademark index entry than We know.  Like for example, who are 'the others' mentioned?

Kathy L.
Posted September 22, 2024 - 5:12pm

I will defer this to the experts on these earliest of models but it does seem to be in line with FifthAvenueRes that is in the DB so I would be comfortable with 1916 Bulova Rubaiyat

mart1n888
Posted September 23, 2024 - 12:39pm

ok, so may we date this little bully as a BULOVA 1916 RUBAIYAT by now ?..... (for the moment till we got more info)

mybulova_admin
Posted September 24, 2024 - 6:06pm

One thing we try and do it group watches a much as possible, especiallyk those were there may be questions as to the exact year or model name.

With this in mind I'll go ahead and ID as a 1616 Rubaiyat so that it aligns with the other example we have. This way if new information is presented we can find them easily and amend.