Just bought this watch, the case and bracelet looks to be the 6-blue-sapphire "Miss Liberty" type of pre 1930 with two emeralds on the bracelet, but the movement itself is a bit of an odd one - I've looked through most of the adverts pre-1950 but couldn't find a similar style of a two-tone blue-on-gold dial with blue hands.
The movement no. is either 87612 or 67612 or 87812.
In reply to Thanks for all your answers by VerenaBerhan
To answer your 'additional information' question, there is no way other than what we and like minded Bulova enthusiasts are doing elsewhere. The Bulova name has changed hands a couple times (currently owned by Citizen - yes, THAT Citizen, the watch company) and really doesn't have an historian per se. The company states that during an office move many years ago, all of the 'old records' were lost/destroyed/misplaced or 'fell off a truck', which means that we are trying to reconstruct that history through print ads and other ephemera we can dig up. We think we have a pretty good method of identifying production years by case serial numbers and movement codes although we can never know for certain that there hasn't been 'swapping' over the years since many of these movements fit several case sizes. Since Bulova didn't produce every part they used we do have facts on base movement suppliers as RevRob states as well. It's all a bit of detective work and bit of speculation (but not Rob's comment - that IS fact). Thanks for stopping by, hope we've helped. By the way, if you're not sure of the service record on your watch, be sure to have it serviced if you're going to use it regularly. It's lasted all these years, let's make sure it still works a couple generations down the road!
Dear Geoff et al. ,
thanks for your detailed explanation - considering how bad the 'official' records situation appears (I was wincing when I read the 'possibly' "fell off a truck" part) , it's all the more awesome that websites like this - and the enthusiasts being part and parcel of this community - exist, making them all the more valuable!
And don't worry - as a lecturer of medieval history I've got a deep-set appreciation for all things historical, including this beautiful watch.
Thanks again!