23 Jewel Self winder

Submitted by finiteguy on February 3, 2013 - 5:13pm

I recently bought a 23 jewel Bulova self winding wrist watch.  The seila number is A513743 and below that is L5. Does that indicate this was made in the 1950's? 

William Smith
Posted February 3, 2013 - 5:21pm

We have not seen any relationships between case serial numbers (after 1947/48) and production dates.  
The L5 below the serial number stands for 1955. See How to Date your Bulova watch