Bulova 1953 Adams

I agree on the Jordan designation based on the linebook listings.

Geoff and Jim. The linebook shows this watch on a strap as a Adams not a Jordan.

AHHH, I see what you did there. Now I'm at odds. If a watch is presented with the ORIGINAL strap or bracelet tis could come into play. In this example it is neither. What SHOULD or next step be? Are the linebook copies from the same book? What number and page please.

Both from the same linebook: 1953-1957_LineBook_BAWD0132.pdf (Jordan pg 148-149 - Adams pg 150-151)

This discussion has had me thinking of late about what to do when when we are presented with a watch without a mount and the watch model is known to be determined by said mount. 

My thinking is that we default to the strap model name and not the expansion/bracelet model name.

My reasoning is that it is 'more likely' (not 100%) that a watch without a mount has lost its leather strap rather than it's expansion band. I'm not saying it will always be the case, but it's more like;y that the watch was sold with a leather strap if it no longer has it present. Basically an expansion bracelet is more likely to remain and last longer on a watch.

So to summarise: 

• watch without a mount + watch known to have mulitple names based on a mount = default to the strap version model name.

The above linebook lists the same watch as both the Adams and the Jordan. The difference between the two is the mount. If we lose the mount all together I would suggest we would ID as the strap model rather than the expansion/bracelet model.

All that said, I believe the subject watch here should be ID'd as a 1953 Bulova Adams.

We can further discuss what to do if the bracelet/expansion isn't original to the model, but with regards to a watch mounted on a leather strap (original or not) and were the watch was sold (listed in  a linebook or advert) with a strap version, that's the model name we use.

Well - It seems you've made a decision, no argument from me  - update it I say

I'm fine with the update.  So hard as many of the original strap/bracelets didn't make it after such a long time.  We do what we can, and in the end, it's only us who really determine it anyway.