This was my grandmother's watch given to her by my grandfather on their 40th wedding anniversary. Missing the crown, but it's currently with a jeweler for repair and cleaning.
From a 1952 ad in Vintage Bulova Adverts
Five year difference in ad vs watch date but could be a 1952 Miss America
Found a period ad from 1956 confirming model name closer to 1957
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · 17 Oct 1956
1957 Miss America
Welcome to myBulova and thank you for sharing your grandmother's watch with us. What a wonderful heirloom for you to have. It is wonderful you are getting it service so you can enjoy wearing it. I am assuming it has an L7 on the case.
1957 Bulova Miss America
JimDon, I think you hit the nail on the head. This watch has been in the Unknown bin for almost 10 years, Well Done.
1957 Bulova Miss America
Well done indeed.
1957 Miss America
In reply to Well done indeed. 1957 Miss by neetstuf-4-u
Hi ! i try to understand the difference between this watch and the 1957 Miss America 'E' beside de # of the movement, dont we classified the watch by his case model and year ? Maybe an admin should take a look at this..... or please explain to me why they arent both the same model......even their case serial number.
always friendly !
Hi martln888. I think they're the same, but this one was posted 14 years ago and it took 9 years just to find an ad that identified it as a Miss America. Now 14 years later we have information identifying it as a Miss America, variant "E". This one just hasn't been updated yet. We're all continually learning more and more about Bulovas as we find new information. Hope this explains it for you.
In reply to Hi martln888. I think they… by 1955mercury
Sure it is😀 now we can put them together ! im happy to contribute a little.