Bulova 1946 Military Non-Issue

Submitted by NicoSt on
Manufacture Year
1946
Movement Model
10AKCSH
Movement Jewels
16
Case Serial No.
757755
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
dia 24mm
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I found most of the information on the internet by comparing pictures of the movement. I found the movement (I think it is a Cal 10AKCHS from 1943/44), but  I can't find a Bulova watch with the same case, dial and case back. The watch is gold plated, steel back, 30mm diameter. 

front 30mm
back outside with serial
back inside
movement 10AKCHS?
movement detail
JimDon5822
Posted November 19, 2020 - 9:30pm

Great watch but unfortunately unknown.   It looks similar to this one we have as an unknown but missing the minute markers at the 10 intervals.  https://mybulova.com/watches/1945-unknown-2460    Possibly a Commuter from an ad but still looking for more documentation of this model name.  Can you confirm if there is a date code on the movement. 

NicoSt
Posted November 20, 2020 - 4:08am

In reply to by JimDon5822

dial

date code

crown

I made  pictures from the dial, datecode and crown.

The dial doesn't have the sub minutes, the datecode has a + (or cross?) but also a square. 

I sure looks like the watches in the link, except for the dial and crown.

Kathy L.
Posted November 20, 2020 - 2:31pm

I love these WWII era military style watches.  We haven't found a model for this one yet.  Sounds like your movement has a double date stamp which happened from time to time.

Unknown for now.

JimDon5822
Posted November 20, 2020 - 4:39pm

Interesting that it has a 1943 and 1946 date code and a 1947 Serial number case.   I would guess this is one of the many surplus watches sold after world war II.    Just speculating it was a 1943 movement that was counterstamped after the war in 1946 and cased and sold  in 1947.  

 

mybulova_admin
Posted November 21, 2020 - 4:41am

Generally speaking we would ID this a non-military issue Bulova.

NicoSt
Posted November 21, 2020 - 5:04am

Hi everybody, thanks for your reactions. The Bulova Commuter from the ad does look like my watch, but I can't explain the dial without the minute markers. Could it be that Bulova made new dials for the 1947 model of the Commuter ? I haven't seen this dial on pictures of other Bulova watches.

Geoff Baker
Posted November 21, 2020 - 9:52pm

With a square overlay on an X, I would date this one to 1946 and classify it as a Military Non-Issue