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.
We have ome other examles here:
In reply to I found a match for the case… by mybulova_admin
Agree with it being a 1943 Bulova Officer (and not a 1942 as some have noted) given the readily apparent "X" date code on the movement.
Found another nice advert showing th Bulova Officer.
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.
Looks like a good match to the Officer unless you know that your cousin bought it in Canada then I would change it to Ranger. I will go with the case date.
1942 Bulova Officer
yes, 1942 Bulova Officer
1942 Bulova Officer is a good match.
1942 Bulova Officer