I know very little. The original owner died in 1970 and gave this watch to my Father in the 1960's. I do not know how to open it or set it. It works but needs cleaning.
Hey guy... this is a pretty sought after watch. It's a gold plated Bulova "Jump Hour". They were produced in the early 1930's and are a super neat collectors watch. Looking at your case here I'd estimate maybe 1932 for your watch.
There are a couple different variations as you can see from a post I had earlier about the model...
http://www.mybulova.com/node/2940
Parts are pretty hard to come across but if you end up getting if fixed up, you'l have a great piece of working Americana on your hands!
Congrats! Great piece.
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I have a beautiful, good running 1932 Jump Hour with the 13AT rectangular movement if you are seriously interested in one.
Mike 985-705-7889
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