35mm case Back is embossed with Bulova text, tuning fork logo; "WATER RESISTANT" and "ST. STEEL CASE" etched in Model number seems to be 4430132 - just slightly different from the Bulova "Royal Oak," and the intention seems similar...except this time, it's an homage to the Rolex 1530?
Maybe it's a Royal Oyster.........
I wonder if these came out around the same time, maybe they got some flak about the Royal Oak one and decided to make it less obvious. If they did get some legal warnings, maybe this was just the last of the cases and bracelets being used....
It very much resembles a Rolex OysterQuartz, there were two main models, one with fluted bezel and one with smooth. The fluted bezel one had a VERY Royal Oak type bracelet, and the smooth bezel had a bracelet like we see here. (ref 17000?) If you google it, you can even see the Rolex next to the AP, and it's a wonder there weren't lawsuits of some kind.
I suspect this might be a variant of whatever it was they actually called the Oak one.
Can you make out what the ink stamp says?
Unfortunately the stamp is faded to the point of illegibility....I see a "J" and not much else. Do those stamps appear inside other Bulova models of the era? If so, what's the significance?
Might be anything from country of manufacture to casemaker.
Hello AardvarkAdventure, welcome to myBulova. I like your Bulova a lot. It's coming right at the end of the era we specialize in and we have very few reference adverts for these years. The bezel looks like the Oceanographer of the early seventies but the case is distinctively different. It's a nice looking watch but I can't find a name either.
1979 Bulova Unknown.
Thanks everybody!
I just had to replace the crystal which means I lost that cool greenish edge. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but for posterity's sake, does anybody know where the hell to find one?
Could this be a lower price offering from the Super Seville Calendar Line?
I'm at unknown as well, but thought I would throw that out there.
Unknown for now.
1979 Bulova Unknown