Bulova 1947 -Unknown

Submitted by bsshog40 on May 25, 2022 - 4:34pm
Manufacture Year
1947
Movement Model
10AK
Movement Date Code
X
Movement Jewels
17
Case Serial No.
730902
Case shape
Round
Case color
Rose
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Picked this up today. Would love for y'all to find the model of it. It has an X and figured it was 1943 with the 10AK movement. Btw, running nicely.

Thanks, Bobby 

Front
Dial
Movement
Caseback
Inside case
neetstuf-4-u
Posted May 25, 2022 - 5:29pm

Love it! Movement dated 1943, case date by s/n is 1947. This one is a bit of a mystery. At present, there are 5 watches in the database in this casing and all contain a 10AK movement. All of those are case dated 1943. Here is one I have that references the others. Yours has a distinct face unlike the others. At this point, I'm afraid this one still is an unknown.

1947 Unknown for now

bsshog40
Posted May 25, 2022 - 5:56pm

Well at least we have the year. Curious tho', yours is a front loader. This one has a small slit under the bezel, pops off and movement drops out. The lip of the crystal almost looks too short to get a crystal puller on. So I'm not sure if the slit was made or is original to the case. 

bsshog40
Posted May 25, 2022 - 6:00pm

Also, I was able to upload photos from my phone originally to this post. Why does it prompt me to use a url to add pictures to the rest of the text boxes? Thanks!

Geoff Baker
Posted May 25, 2022 - 9:39pm

In reply to by bsshog40

Bobby - when you click the photo Icon the "Insert Image" message window open. You can either paste in a URL OR click"open file browser" to add a photo - make sense?

Bobby

bsshog40
Posted May 25, 2022 - 10:16pm

In reply to by Geoff Baker

Well I have to upload to public file but it works. The pic looks humongus tho. This is the slit in the side I was curious about. Made so didn't have to pull crystal?? Thanks 

Upload screenshot

mybulova_admin
Posted May 25, 2022 - 6:16pm

It's interesting that we are seeing a number of these with varying dials.

1947 Unknown

bsshog40
Posted May 26, 2022 - 12:40am

So I got to realizing that the slit in the side has to be original. There is a groove in the bezel that fits over the stem. Plus, no way the movement would be able to come out the front unless the bezel was removed also. Just looks like it's a little worn from opening in the past. 

Kathy L.
Posted May 26, 2022 - 10:44am

1947 Bulova Unknown