1949 Ladies Bulova watch, A9 date code on outside of case back. 10K Rolled Gold Plate bezel, stainless case back. Case measures 16.5mm not including crown, by 27.mm lug to lug. Cream dial with gold Arabic indices, no seconds hand. Dial has an outer minute track. Speidel bracelet with 10K Gold Filled top caps, stainless backs. 17 jewel movement with J9 date code, 6BK inside rectangle.
Available.
Cloest I could find is a Bulova Violet. I'm not betting my house on it though.
not sure too.... keep your house! look the watch on the ad dont have the case design around the crystal and seem to dont have the thickness for this...... i will not bet on this ad.....
It does look similar to the Violet model in that ad, but this one has a Speidel bracelet instead of a cord (which could have been changed out at some point). Is that ad from 1949 or a different year? Maybe the Violet had slight changes over the years. The dial, numeal indices and hands in the ad match the ones on my watch.
In reply to It does look similar to the… by poor_mans_tahiti
In all but a few examples the band or bracelet would not matter as they are regularly swapped out. If they design of Violet did change over the years we would have adverts showing but we just don't. I agree that is not Violet.
HAHA - I centered on Violet yesterday and spent 45 minutes looking at all the adverts we have to prove myself brilliant. In the end I decided it did not match. For me this watch is an Unknown model.
Yes it is similar to Violet but the lug doesn't go to a point like this one. I didn't find a match.
Unknown
The BRYN MAWR in this 1950 ad looks similar. I couldn't find another example of it posted to compare it to.
Nice ad find 1955mercury, well done! Here are a couple more to confirm from 1950 and 1951.
Bryn Mawr was the first institution of higher learning in the United States to offer graduate instruction to women; men were first admitted to the graduate program in 1931. Under the leadership of Martha Carey Thomas (president from 1894 to 1922) the standard for the education of women rose dramatically.
1949 Bulova Bryn Mawr
Oh wow, where did these adverts come from....Great find!
1949 Bulova Bryn Mawr it is....and a new model name to boot!!
In reply to Oh wow, where did these… by mybulova_admin
After 1955mercury posted his I looked on newspapers and found several.