This watch has 1947 10BC 15 jeweled movement in a case marked L4. Which may not be that much of a mystery but i can't seem to find the case design anywhere. The lugs are straight, not horned, with a straight angular bar joining them. The case back says the bezel is 10K rolled gold plate. The bezel has green enameled scroll work all the way around the perimeter. The dial and as far as I know the hour and minute hands are original.
I inherited it from my father along with several other watches in 2022. It was missing the crown and stem and the sub seconds hand. It was serviced in 2023 and at that time the crown, stem and seconds hand were replaced. I put it on a VGreen lizard band.
So, what is it? It's not a Maxim, Cadet, Director, Senator, or any other number of tonneau cases with scroll work. I've looked through all the ads. They all seem to have horned lugs, but sometimes it is hard to tell from illustrations
Thanks for sharing your heirloom! I wish it could talk. Your watch appears to be a 1954 Maxim with a replaced movement and dial from a different year and model. Maxim was sold as a 7 jewel watch. Also noted that the minutes track on dial does not quite match the shape of the crystal opening. Based on this, I would call your watch non-conforming, meaning it can't be attributed to a factory model as seen.
Still a cool watch, wear it and enjoy it.
By case date
1954 Non-Conforming.
Neet has the right call. A 1947 movement in a 1954 case would mean the movement (and usually the dial and hands) have been replaced and not original to the watch. The miss-aligned minute track looks to confirm this.
I do like the green highlights in the engraving, again not original to the case and possibly some type of custom effect added or just verdigris.
1954 Bulova Non-Conforming for me as well.
Thank you for taking the time to review this watch. I was looking at a 1947 and 48 Cadets D. https://mybulova.com/watches/1947-cadet-d-9728
This dial and hands appear to match these examples and that would square with the movement. The green enamel is definitely there under a loupe so it was part of the case. Doesn't mean it wasn't put there by a jeweler trying to cobble together an orphaned case and movement.