Bulova 1945 Goddess of Time

Submitted by devlingjessie on
Manufacture Year
1945
Movement Jewels
17
Case Serial No.
F018742
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

10k rolled gold plate

Not much known. Possible Goddess of Time 1945?

Still winds and keeps time. 
I don’t have the tools to remove the back. 

1/14/2026
1/14/2026 back
neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 14, 2026 - 2:07pm

Beautiful watch; but I have to admit, I'm stumped. It looks like it should indeed be a Goddess of Time, but the only ads I find similar are pre 1945 and show an oval crystal - yours is round. It is likely a Goddess with a slight case change for 1945, but my call for now is unfortunately

1945 Unknown

Kathy L.
Posted January 14, 2026 - 3:19pm

Welcome to myBulova and thank you for sharing your watch with us.  I believe the dial/movement may have been replaced as it looks more like an early 1950's dial.  I found two ads from 1941 for this case without engraving as Goddess of Time.  It was very common for Bulova to do an engraved and non engraved version with variants.  I am comfortable calling this Goddess of Time.  I also found a 14K gold version of your watch as Cleone.

1941 ad Goddess of Time

1945 Bulova Goddess of Time

devlingjessie
Posted January 14, 2026 - 4:10pm

I will be taking it to someone who works on and restores old watches. I will update with more photos once the back is removed.

JimDon5822
Posted January 14, 2026 - 11:40pm

An engraved version of the 1945 Goddess of Time makes the most sense.  I do know that in the mid to late 1940's Bulova started to use the dot dial so it is not a stretch to think it is original to the watch.  

mybulova_admin
Posted January 15, 2026 - 2:21am

1945 advert showing what looks to be the same or very similar watch on this advert (first watch shown).

1945 Goddess of Time

Note what looks like a variation letter in the advert indicating several variations of the model. Looks like either a 'P' or "F".

1945 Bulova Goddess of Time

mybulova_admin
Posted January 15, 2026 - 2:36am

Ok so we can rule out the "F" variant.

1944 Bulova Goddess of Time "F"

 

JimDon5822
Posted January 15, 2026 - 9:19pm

In reply to by mybulova_admin

What is the date of this ad?  I found this 1945 ad showing this as a variant F.

Goddess of Time F

JimDon5822
Posted January 15, 2026 - 5:20pm

Looks like the letter "P" to me in the ad.

 

JimDon5822
Posted January 15, 2026 - 5:27pm

Confirming Goddess of Time designation but no variant and different dial.   The case is a match though.  

The North Star (Parry Sound, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada) · Thu, Mar 15, 1945 · Page 4

Goddess of Time

 

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