Bulova 1965 Sea King

Submitted by Bparmele on
X
Manufacture Year
1965
Movement Model
11ALC
Movement Date Code
M6
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
None shown
Case Serial No.
H938924
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I purchased this from Ebay after searching for a watch made in my birth year.  It's a nice looking watch with a black dial. But, the caseback has a date code of M5(1965) and the movement has N6(1966). The movement was not included in the listing's photos.  This has me a bit confused.   

Front
Case back
Movement
Case date code
Movement date code
Bparmele
Posted November 16, 2023 - 8:52pm

I need to correct the date codes in the description,  should be M6 and M5.

JimDon5822
Posted November 16, 2023 - 11:36pm

Thank you for posting your watch.   Since the case is M5 I will call this a 1965 model.  I could not find a match in the 1965 line book but found a match in the 1966 Linebook.   Based on that this is a 1965 Bulova Sea King "X"

Sea King XSea King X

mybulova_admin
Posted July 7, 2026 - 6:43am

Here is the 1965 linebook reference for the Sea King "X". Note the model number is the same: 11362W

1965 Bulova Sea King "X"

Andersok
Posted November 17, 2023 - 5:56am

Sea King "X" with the black dial

neetstuf-4-u
Posted November 17, 2023 - 9:10am

1965 Sea King "X"

Bparmele
Posted November 17, 2023 - 10:36am

Thanks everyone for your time! You guys are awesome, fast, and accurate! 

Geoff Baker
Posted November 17, 2023 - 9:03pm

1965 Bulova Sea King X

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted July 1, 2026 - 9:45am

If the watch does not appear in the 1965 linebook but appears in 1966 it would be more prudent to date the watch to 1966 corresponding with the movement datecode.  

Perhaps the 'X' variant did not exist in 1965. 

*this watch was actually manufactured in 1966.