Hi my name is Dave and i'm from the uk. A while ago I started getting into watches, a friend of mine gave me a bag of old watches, I went through the bag and there was the usual chinese no jewels quartz watches but one caught my eye, it had no strap and a broken crystal but said swiss made at the bottom of the face and the name Bulova on it. It felt heavy and good quality , the gold was faded but it worked when i wound it up. So i kept it and googled Bulova and found out a bit about Bulova watches and I must say how nice they are! Anyway, I have since found out this watch was his fathers so I thought to myself i would like to fix it up and give it back to him to wear, I dived in a bit quickly and bought a genuine Bulova lizard strap, (too small!) and a new armoured crystal which fitted but the movement flopped around inside because it was too high and the crystal i need holds the movement down . I have now bought another strap which does fit, and found out that the crystal I need is numbered 7530-1ay but have searched and searched and cannot find one. So here is the question, could anyone help me find this crystal or shed some light on what i need to look for to get a generic bb or gs crystal that actually fits properly? Thanks very much for taking the time to read this post and hopefully i can finish this project and move on to another Bulova to fix up for myself! Dave.
I forgot to say the gentleman that very kindly told me the number of the crystal had quite a few bulova crystals for sale but didn't have this one, he must have had a catalogue because he told me this from the case back serial. The movement number is 11aocd and its n4 which i have found out from you guys is 1974. Thanks.
I haven't got a clue what the watch is called, it looks like a dress watch of some kind, not a divers and not a mention of water resistance, It does have a gold tension ring, about 31.5 mm round (with a tape measure) and what i can only describe as horn shaped lugs for the strap. Hope this helps.