Bulova 1935 President

Submitted by zappatore88 on March 9, 2013 - 7:35pm
Manufacture Year
1935
Movement Model
10AN
Movement Date Code
Circle
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
556937
Case shape
Stepped
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
glass
Gender
Mens
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mybulova_admin
Posted December 27, 2020 - 9:23pm

New adverts showing this dial variant with inner minute track as the 'Flying Clipper' (1 May 1936)

1935 Bulova wandering seconds disc - Flying Clipper

Geoff Baker
Posted December 27, 2020 - 9:46pm

In reply to by mybulova_admin

Stephen - I'd be interested to see the source of the new adverts.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 28, 2020 - 9:25am

Methinks the Flying Clipper ad could be a misprint? Of the Wandering Seconds watches in the Db, from 1933 to 1936, it's a pretty even split between inner and outer seconds tracks. Watches are basically identical with this exception. At first, I thought it might be a name change over time, but inner seconds President as far back as 1933 seems to say otherwise, unless the President transitioned to the Flying Clipper in 1936 and seconds placement in 1936 Clipper ad is a re-used earlier President illustration .

It's a mystery.

  Here is an ad from 1933 showing as President with the inner seconds track.

inner seconds 1933

 

Here is one from 1935 showing outer track

1935 wandering

If the Flying Clipper ad is good, I would be inclined to say any wandering seconds (inner or outer track) pre-1936 is a President and perhaps any dated 1936 is suspect? A second dated Flying Clipper ad confirming it was a wandering seconds would really help.

Just my random thoughts on the subject.

 

JimDon5822
Posted December 28, 2020 - 5:51pm

I am inclined to think the Flying Clipper name was just something local marketing did to capture the buzz on the introduction of the Pan Am plane of this name.  The Flying Clipper was the Boeing 747 of its day and would’ve been a pretty big deal.  I think until we find other documentation of the Flying Clipper name used by Bulova I would default to the President name. 

Geoff Baker
Posted December 28, 2020 - 9:36pm

One advert against no advert. The one advert is a newspaper ad for which there is no Bulova provenance. I'm hard pressed to suggest a name change.

mybulova_admin
Posted December 30, 2020 - 12:53am

I wouldn't rule this out totally.

By 1936 this model was on its way out. In true Bulova fashion they may have rebadged it's remaining stock, OR maybe as Jim suggests it was just a local jeweler capitalising on the aircraft's fame at that time to move his remaining stock,

I believe it was operated by Pan-America, which we know Bulova had a long relationship with over many years.

For now though I agree, unless we can confirm with another advert, lets keep the status quo.