In reply to Back off on the camera and by JP
Wow. Thanks for the quick replies!
Sorry for the pics. I have limited camera options at the moment. If I back up too much, I lose focus. I just took some alternate pics. I hope that will help matters.
By the way, the bottom of the front face says "Swiss." The same shows up inside the case near where it's labeled as 17 jewels. I don't know if that helps. Pics will be uploaded via edit I hope...
<Edit> Watch runs like a charm, although it's dirty. Belonged to my deceased father.
<Edit 2> I found the same watch model by typing "1951 Bulova 14k Swiss" (without the quotation marks) into Google Images! Is the model name actually "Swiss"??? Anyway, here are some better distance images of the same watch as my father's watch -- except for different armbands.
In reply to Unknown It look like the by William Smith
William Smith: It's very hard to read anything in the "good" pic, but those pics came up when I typed "1951 Bulova 14k swiss" into Google Images, so I assume that case would also show "14K GOLD - BULOVA L1" if it wasn't washed out by glare.
I wish my Dad's watch looked so clean!
Although it's probably not going to be helpful at identifying the model, I noticed that the inside of my case also has the following stamped inside: BULOVA (rounded above) -- 14K GOLD (center) -- NEW YORK (rounded below). Below those stamped letters are some shiny markings that are upside down from the stamps. Those faint etchings seem to be "M - 291 - L".
Sorry about my ignorance. I am truly a newbie at this stuff.
Thanks for the inside case back info on your Dad's watch. Everything stamped on the watch helps. Both your Dad's watch and the other watch look the same, so even if the other watch was gold plate, it wouldn't matter for comparisons of case shape/dial/crystal. Google images searches the image file names, and who ever created the image filename could have left off the "plate" or "fill" part...but it's not important.