Seller says it's got a "Triangle" stamped 10AK movement. So ask the 10AK was producted from '42 -'50 we're probably looking at a 1945 watch.
The hands suggest it's older though? They seem to be a bit older lumi style. The dial is hrmmm.... almost looks enamel? Green lumi numbers....
Came with a couple spare running movements and a pile of 10AK parts envelopes. Good deal...
What is it though.... I don't know what the back says... they didn't have a pic up of it.
That case almost looks Air Warden.... Night Hawk esk... but I dunno.
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In reply to Dial, hands & case look by Wayne Hanley
In reply to Certainly has all the by mybulova_admin
Really? It's gold, and it doesn't have a screw on back or an ord number. Plus the lugs are much more refined.
The only difference I see between this watch and the Air Wardens in the database is that this one has numbers in the seconds area. Looks very civilian to me.
No issue watches were gold of any sort, however it is not unlikely that someone was issued a watch and had it recased in a Bulova case of gold....most surviving ORD watches are pretty beat up if they went to war.
It is also just as likely that Bulova didnt destroy ORD movements but just cases, and either recased them or sold them (dial and hands included) to dealers or watchmakers as replacements or project pieces. This seems pretty likely, we have seen a lot of unknown military types with non ORD cases and I think destroying the movements would have been out of the question as it was the majority of the watch cost, punching out the ORD cases would have been a fairly inexpensive part of the watch back then, as that was the premier method of production for the time, like injection molding is today.
Not military. Not in that case. Could have been a military issue movement but cannot be considered military issue as a whole.
Jay