Picked this little beauty up a while back she runs and i recently found this very nice box for her. I think the style of the box matches the watch but im not 100%
Looks like the box is original to the watch. Can you please post a photo of the hang tag. I wonder if the red gem accents were original or added to customise the case?
Hang tag looks to confirm the "AT'" variant, so a 1970 Bulova Goddess of Time "AT"
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1970 Bulova Goddess of Time "AT" is good match
Looks like a good match, well done Stephen.
1970 Bulova Goddess of Time "AT", in what appears to be a correct box, well done!
I wonder if the gems on band were a custom order. It looks like they may be jeweler added for a retirement award watch. I believe a diamond signifies 25 years and a ruby is 10. Two rubies would indicate 20 years service someplace.
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Interesting notion. Certainly makes sense to me. Was this a popular thing to do at the site I wonder?
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Lapel Pins with stones were common service awards many times given starting at 5 yr service, Watches usually for retirements. Here is a loose watchband in my collection with stones and a company logo. Stone color for years varied from company to company. In the case of this band below, a diamond was 10 and ruby was 5. Verified by the woman I got it from.
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I suspect this may also help explain some of the Squadrons (hooded lugs) and other men's watches with large spaces between ends of crystals and lugs we see with applied jewels on the case exteriors. The mounts seem pretty consistently a triangle. An award company could modify a bunch of them and offer them as a retirement gift option, sometimes offering the choice of also having it engraved or not. Award Company supplied the watch and business supplied the engraving (or not). Different years of service at retirement offered different ranges of "parting gifts". Some larger companies had a catalog that retirees could choose from. Choice is made and business orders and pays for the watch to award you.
Thanks again everyone, i searched through your data base long and hard to find an exact match and nothing. Your service award sounds like a good reason for that. You all really know your stuff. What a site this is!
1970 Goddess of Time "AT" looks to be a match. I agree the gems were added to a stock model. Nice touch.