1927 patent date as per (bad) photos
I'm looking for this watch to photo and update record. If for no other reason that case SN adn pat date.
...I better check out my own old records.....this one needs to be deleted or updated. It's well....incomplete.
Will any update on this watch?
In reply to Will any update on this by mybulova_admin
I gotta get it out and take some more/better pictures and update record.
Hi Will, you got one yourself with an 84 number! can you check if case signature says New York or American Standard?
In reply to Hi Will, you got one yourself by Alex
Yea, and I'll update photos while I have it out.
In reply to Hi Will, you got one yourself by Alex
American Standard, pat 1927
The system works........
So the case signatures of 1928 for some Bulova are usually "New York", yet in some cases starting with 84 digits, we see the earlier "Am Std" signature, suggesting these cases share charactoristics of 1927.
Or should I just say this case may be from 1927 even though it has a SN starting with 8?
I see this one's listed as 1927 Manufacturer date now....and I certainly didn't update it in the last 2.5 years or so.
Should it be dated 1928 based on case serial number- to be consistent?
If we statistically look at all the case serials, we see that cases starting with 80 to 83 have a case signature with "New York" indicated and 1928 movements. In 1926 and 1927, the case signature was indicating "American Standard" that got replaced by "New York" in 1928. However, cases with number 84 to 86 all have American Standard, and NOT New York and come in 99% of the cases with a 1927 movement. For both men and woman watches. The only explanation I can come up with is that these cases from 84 to 86, despite the first digit being an 8, must be from 1927.