Looks like an excellent restoration specimen.
Very nice bro! That is going to look fantastic cleaned up. Great find and congrats!
Ah HA!! I think I may have found this ID!!
From a 1941 Spiegel Catalog... this shows this watch as the
1941 Bulova Regulator
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In reply to Ah HA!! I think I may have by plainsmen
Plaines
Didn't you give it the name Medical Officer? What was the source data for that name? Mine has the ruggedized look that fits a wartime Medical officer.
If Speigal is the advertizer that should be proof enough to change the watch name.
Wayne
In reply to Plaines Didn't you give it by Wayne Hanley
Nah that was Scott... he's the one ID'd the Surgeon's aka Doctor's I dig. He's the one that divulged the Surgeon, Physician, and Medical Officer model names.
Yeah... pretty cool to find a decent 1941 ad from that Spiegel catalog. I sent them to Admin... they're at weird angles as they're photo's of the Bulova's on there but hopefully Admin can make them usable.
In reply to Nah that was Scott... he's by plainsmen
Plaines
Thank you & keep up the search you have a good eye.
Happy Holidays to You & Yours
Wayne
Two ads are here: http://www.mybulova.com/vintage-bulova-watch-ads?title=194
Wayne.... I'm going to eat crow here I think... check this out... from a 1942 ad... maybe they changed it from the Regular to the Medical Officer? Who knows....
They have different dials so I think your safe in justifying a different model name. The 'Medical Officer' puts a military slant on this watch as does the radium dial. Where as the one above in the ad may have been a civilian version. Although what the hell is a Regulator, other than something that regulates the timing of a balance wheel.
I think its safe to say that this watch at the top is a "Military Officer' and the watch listed within the post is a civilian version called the "Regulator"
Stephen, You nailed that bang on!
Here in the U.S 'Regulators' during civil War times were groups of Civilian enforcers.
History class dismissed....