Based on mybulova photos, this appears to be a Bulova from the Senator line. (I bought it from etsy recently and they listed it as "Bulova L8/10K RGP Bezel stainless steel back watch"). It doesn't run or wind. The inside case is very dirty, and is especially cruddy around the crown.
My question is: Is this a 11AF made in 1958 (contradicting the mybulova database), or was the watch really made in 1959, but using a case from the previous year? (Motivation: I heard a story somewhere that the early Bulova facilities in the USA would sometimes use a part from left over stock when needed, but I have no evidence that is true.)
Thank you!
Note: the database page https://mybulova.com/search_bulova_movements?page=1 indicates that the 11AF started manufacture in 1959. Other database pages have earlier dates. For example, 1952 on https://mybulova.com/search-bulova-movements-by-caliber?movement_model=10, but not 1958 senators on https://mybulova.com/search-bulova-movements/model/11AF/17 that I see.
In reply to Thank you! Note: the… by wdjoyner
So - two answers to one question wdjoyner. When we created the movement records dB we set the begin / end dates for the examples we had in the dB. Obviously your movement was made in 1958 so now we can update the movement dB (I have). The second answer is that we typically date watches to to the manufacture of the case when known, assuming the movements may get swapped. There is no reason that Bulova wouldn't have originally made watches with a different date code movement than that of the case as the difference between one year and the next can be just one day. Bulova was mass producer of manufactured goods, I doubt, although we have no direct knowledge, that they had 'leftover stock". They assembled what they made and sold it as they did.