This is another model I’m not sure of the ID. It’s either the Navigator or Broker. We only have a 1943 Navigator ad but there are other ads in the discussions of the other Navigators. Member watches range from 1943-48. We have no ads for the Broker of this era. Member watches range from 1945-48. This is another case where the parameters and specifications for each model needs to be identified and some of the current ID’s need to be reevaluated. The 1941-43 Director is the same form factor but without engraving on the bezel.
Stainless steel case back
SN 6215833
17j 8AH movement
The 46 date code is difficult to see but it’s by the balance wheel
Silvered dial with raised gilt numbers and hands.
Dial is fully numbered except the 6 is displaced by the sub dial.
The bracelet matches all the ads for the Navigator and
Why is the Broker not a match? My watch matches the other watches ID’d as the Broker as far as I can tell. Here’s a ‘45 and a ‘48 Broker that belong to FifthAvenueRestorations that look to be an exact match to my watch.
https://www.mybulova.com/watches/1945-broker-1421
https://www.mybulova.com/watches/1948-broker-3829
I have no interest in convincing you it’s one or the other. I just want to know how to distinguish the Navigator from the Broker.
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Well it would appear that the Broker is indeed like the Navigator so it very well may be a year name change. This ad is not very clear but looks like a match, 19 May 1948 Tucson Daily Citizen page 5. I think in the past we have found the fall/winter of 1947 to be a name changeover year.