Bulova 1945 Officer

Submitted by kap on
Manufacture Year
1945
Movement Model
10BC
Movement Jewels
15
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
5160928
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Inside case back: "Bulova, 10K Rolled Gold Plate Bezel, Stainless Back, New York"

Width: 25mm without crown, 27 including crown

Length (lug to lug): 35mm

Height (Steel back to top of crystal): 9mm

Inside lug width: 15 or 16mm

Crown is signed "Bulova" 

Original dial and hands.

Case has sharp lines. I believe the case to be unpolished.

Movement: 10BC, 15 Jewel

Band has been replaced in the 1980s with an inexpense Speidel metal expansion band

Originally purchased in Paducah, Kentucky in 1954 (plus or minus a year).

Model name is unknown to me, but I would be interested to know it.

 

[1954] Bulova watch
1945 Bulova watch
1945 Bulova watch
1945 Bulova watch
1945 Bulova watch
Geoff Baker
Posted December 6, 2017 - 6:58am

Hello Kap. welcome to myBulova. I assume this is a family piece as you know it's history back to purcahse place and date. Your watch looks like it's been well cared for. I've looked  (a couple of times) through our database but don't find anything in the adverts that matches it. For now I have to suggest "Unknown" for the name. 

Thanks for sharing it.

Andersok
Posted December 6, 2017 - 7:29am

I notice that the 10BC movement looks to be date stamped from 1946; so perhaps it is not the original movement or the watch is actually dated to 1946 (case s/n beginning w/ '5' is 1945, movement is 1946). Is there a datestamp on the caseback or the movement, such as L#

The watch also looks to be a match to the 1940s Officer; an example here.

Thanks

kap
Posted December 7, 2017 - 3:02am

I do not see any date stamp beginning with L# on the watch.

Andersok
Posted December 7, 2017 - 7:01am

Thanks, It would appear then that your watch was produced in the mid-fourties based on what we are finding and the lack of any L# datestamps (1950s). Can you confirm the mark on the movement under the word 'unadjusted' is a circle or a square, or other symbol?

 

Andersok
Posted December 10, 2017 - 11:27am

Thanks, the circle datestamp equates to 1944, but the case serial number beginning with the number 5 is from 1945; so we can determine that your watch is from 1945. Also, is it not uncommon to have case and movement from different years +/- 1-2 years.

jabs
Posted December 6, 2017 - 10:45am

Agree with Officer probably 1944 (circle on movement)

neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 6, 2017 - 8:54pm