This Bulova Empress belonged to my grandmother; she received it as a college graduation gift in 1929. Watch runs, and loses less than 1 minute/day. The strap is a white gold/sterling LaPetite, with a 1941 patent number.
The interior of the case back is stamped "14K", and has two hand scribed figures; "M15218" and "210-D".
A very nice Bulova Empress. With its US$49.50 back then,it was competitively priced giving good value to the customer and having high emotional value now for the owner.
In reply to A very nice Bulova Empress. by Alex
For anyone interested in such things, that translates into over $700USD in today's money. The way I think about this, I compare the quality in watches today that are in the same price range. The major difference is, today we have quite a bit more choice- there are quartzes (32K) and superquartzes (262K) and auto-quartzes as well as quartzes that charge themselves with light, utilizing capacitors instead of batteries.
Jlovaas, plesse try and rename your photos to be .jpg
For some reason, the server doesn't recognize 3 of my 6 images as .jpg files- even though I took all 6 photos at the same time, using the same device. Will work on this.
In reply to For some reason, the server by jlovaas
Very strange.
Here are the rest of the photos- uploading from a laptop...
Hi Rev Bob
You forgot to mention that today Mechanical autos watches normally cost an awful lot more than than the equiverlent quartz models of the same watches.
But I have to admit that is a very nice ladies watch and it looks in excellent condition
That's a great old'gal.
1926 Bulova Empress it certainly is. You don't have anyone in the family to pass it on to? It would make a lovely family heirloom.
In reply to That's a great old'gal. 1926 by mybulova_admin
No- I'm afraid not.
It's one of several working watches that were in a bank deposit box; if I keep them, they'll simply lay in a drawer. Better that they find a good home that will use them.