Bulova 1946 -Unknown

Submitted by mart1n888 on
Manufacture Year
1946
Movement Model
5AB
Movement Date Code
46
Movement Jewels
17
Case Serial No.
G400478
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Rose
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

Hi all !! 

Already find the model 1946 BULOVA ANNETTE but she is all pink with arabic numerals so it must be a varaiant in the famous linebook! nothing like this one pink dial/case in old ads...... help please🙏

** last picture is for showing the pink color vs gold.

** back case is pink too!

front side
front side
back side
movement
rose vs gold
JimDon5822
Posted August 27, 2024 - 11:05pm

Thank you for posting your watch.   That dial certainly had seen better days but you did a good job.   The closest match I could find was this 1943 add for a Miss America.  Recognizing this might be a variant of this model with the black dial.

Miss American

mart1n888
Posted August 28, 2024 - 1:58am

the lug are slightly different.

take a look at ANNETTE model in d.b. its not lie and the year/lug match much better.

Geoff Baker
Posted August 28, 2024 - 9:06pm

I submit that the case is very close to Annette, the dial however is not as Annette ad a roman dial. I believe we would date the case to 1947 ("G" serial number). A 1946 movement/dial could be a replacement.

mybulova_admin
Posted August 29, 2024 - 6:53am

Well one thing is for sure, we can agree that the watch is from 1946. 

I think Jim has suggested the closest model match and agree that it's not an Annette.

I'm still unsure of the exact model.

mart1n888
Posted August 29, 2024 - 11:23am

few things im sure about this watch.....

  1. the lugs on ANNETTE are rounder than subject watch at the end of the lugs. so not a ANETTE. 
  2. the MISS AMERICA got dome-shapes end lugs....yes a draw in ad can be slightly different than reality...... but ......
  3. even if we state its a miss america, we have no ad from 1940 to 1949 with a rose gold variant. and i spent 2 hours to check one by one all 40' ads...... with no match finding.
  4. Just in wait of a possible spread from linebook ....... 
  5. rose gold cas from this period are not in large nuber.......

Bad lucky me with this one..

mart1n888
Posted August 29, 2024 - 11:27am

we can see with her excellency 48' that the yellow case have arabic numerals and rose gold case have roman numerals..... thats why i tough it was a ANETTE variant...... let see if linebook or kathy can nailed it

neetstuf-4-u
Posted August 29, 2024 - 7:42am

No luck for me as of now

1946 Unknown.

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted August 29, 2024 - 4:41pm

I think the first ID - a 1946 'MISS AMERICA' was correct.