Hi All, I inherited this watch from my cousin when he passed in 2021. He had four vintage watches and this is the only one that was complete so I have kept -- for now. It's been sitting in a drawer and finally decided to do my best to find out more about it. To start all I knew was it is a vintage Bulova that he used to wear years ago. Visiting multiple sites (including mybulova) I have deduced it is likely a 1943 Officer. Not even sure of the case color as it seems to have a great deal of patina, but think maybe yellow given the color of the face hand, etc. That said, I know little more about it and would love to learn more. Also, I am pretty certain it is not in working condition though the movement seemed quite clean after I finally got it open -- which was not easy! Thanks, Robert
I found a match for the case. Looks very much like a 1943 Bulova Officer.
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In reply to I found a match for the case… by mybulova_admin
In Canada it would have been called the "Ranger" and cost you $3.75 more.
The patina on the case comes from the silver base metal under the rolled gold plating. Silver developes a blackish tarnish and bleeds through to the surface of the gold plating. It's easy to clean off with something like Tarn-X. Just make sure you rinse all the Tarn-X off after cleaning.
