Vintage Bulova information sharing

Description

Share Information about old Bulova watches. Please limit posts to:

  • old adverts
  • manuals and booklets
  • old documentation
  • old Bulova photos
  • any old information you think may be of interest to members.

Please do not ask "what is my watch". Use 'Identify your watch' to add your watch to the site for review by the sites panel.

"Bulova Quality" marking

Submitted by thom on December 10, 2023 - 10:04pm

Everything is copied verbatum from the record.

It appears Bulova switch to the “Bulova Quality” marking instead of the Karat marking on the watch cases because they reduced the gold content in the cases and did not want to advertise the reduction.

June 14, 1930 Congressional Record – House 10835

Bulova “Lone Eagle” watch not 14-Karat white gold filled

Nov 13, 1929 Bulova Subsiaries

Submitted by thom on December 10, 2023 - 10:01pm

Everything below is copied verbatum, parenthesis appear in the original record of proceedings from the US Congress June 14, 1930 in reference to a Senate Proceeding November 13, 1929. What is interesting is this point:

     Second. Knickerbocker watch Co., Westfield Watch Co., Arrow Jewelry Mfg Co., American Standard Warch Case Co. are listed separately but in reality are nothing but subsidiaries of Bulova Watch Co.

 

June 14 1930 Congressional Record – House 10840

 

Year codes

Submitted by J.Stephenson on October 13, 2023 - 11:40pm

I have two Bulova Acutrons day/date up/down watches. Both have M9 date codes on the case back, yet both movements are date-coded N0. Is there any info on why this may have happened, or is this a common occurrence for early-made N0 movements? Or is this a weird coincidence?

The Vintage Accutron

Submitted by JEV1A on May 18, 2023 - 12:49am

The Vintage Accutron

       "I feel now after a decade of vintage timepiece restoration and service on Accutron's, I can finally put to rest some of the crazy rumors and fallacies about these wonderful timepieces." I'm sure you have noticed the new swiss Bulova's with the Accutron logo. There is very little in common with a 214 and 218 Tuning Fork Movements. Bulova has opted for more a conventional and modern manual or automatic movement and their new Tuning Fork movements is a refined more modern approach to vintage Accutron's.