Bulova 1926 Roxanne

Submitted by Alex on September 10, 2014 - 4:35am
Manufacture Year
1926
Movement Model
5PPI
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
788
Case Serial No.
-
Case shape
Oval
Case color
White
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

A beautiful Bulova Roxane as found in the ads on this website of 1926 and 1927. It came with a 5PPI 17 jewel movement that until now was not in the database. On the movement is an intriguing triangle with the number 20 inside. The case is 18kt with 6 diamonds and 12 sapphires set in platinum. This watch is missing one sapphire. To be repaired!

Size is 14mm wide by 31mm high.

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Geoff Baker
Posted September 10, 2014 - 6:00am

Great looking watch Alex. There certainly is a lot of beautiful packed into a small area with this one! I don't think there's any doubt on the ID, I think she's a Roxane too. I'm not sure on the date though, I don't think that triangle is a date code.

Wonderful watch!

bobbee
Posted September 10, 2014 - 6:03am

What a wonderful watch you have!

The movement lacks a date mark, but has "Bulova W Co." on the bridge. We see this on pre-April 1923 movements, and "Bulova Watch Co." post this date.

No case sn (unsurprising), so we'll have to go with the earliest ad date.

1926 Roxanne, but possibly earlier.

jabs
Posted September 10, 2014 - 1:55pm

beautiful watch where do you go on them Alex :)

Roxanne it is

William Smith
Posted September 10, 2014 - 2:56pm

Custom case made for Bulova.  Using movement date pre-April 1923 is a start. Using ad date is also a start.  Could be this Roxanne was advertised and/or sold by a unique model "number" before (or for a while during) it's being advertised/sold as Roxanne.  Could be we don't have an earlier ad for either a "number" or "Roxanne".

I'm good with Roxanne, but not sure about a date. Do we go with date of first ad?  ....or do we assume movement is correct and it's 1923 or earlier?

The triangle w/ 20 inside has occured on other Bulova movements of this period.  I don't remember what Rev Rob told us about this mark, but I'll look for a couple related threads about this.

JP
Posted September 11, 2014 - 11:03am

Looks to be a Roxanne