Bulova 1948 His Excellency

Submitted by JimDon5822 on January 30, 2020 - 1:23am
JJ
Manufacture Year
1948
Movement Model
10BH
Movement Date Code
48 (A8)
Movement Jewels
21
Case Serial No.
9205189
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
Domed plastic
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

This is watch #2.  I believe this to be a 1948 His Excellency "JJ".  It has a 10KT Yellow Gold Filled case and case back.  There is no date code on the case.  The movement is a 10BH 21J with a 48 Date code.   The dial has yellow gold applied 1-12 hour markers in a great font.   It is engraved on the back "Bill Adams 217-74-96 U.S. Navy",  Very cool...just love personalized watches.   Had a bad hairspring but had a spare complete balance to swap out to get it running again.  It appears to have the original Kreisler gold filled bracelet from the attached Dec 1948 ad although the clasp is slightly different.  The links are definitely a match. 

48 His Excellency
48 His Excellency 2
48 His Excellency 3
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Kathy L.
Posted January 30, 2020 - 9:57am

Very cool Jim, I love personalized watches as well.  Very special with the service info on it.

1948 Bulova His Excellency "JJ"

Geoff Baker
Posted January 30, 2020 - 9:35pm

Another of my all time favorite watches

1948 Bulova His Excellency JJ

JimDon5822
Posted January 31, 2020 - 9:27am

Thanks Geoff.  Mine too.  This model and the Berkshire (still looking) for some reason speak out to me.   I believe now I have at least 8 or nine different models or model year versions of this watch from 1946-1949. Plus one with a non-Bulova case.  Still looking for new versions.   I should put them all together for a family photo LOL.  I also have a fairly clean dial and movement with a bad hairspring if someone needs a movement or better dial.  

Kathy L.
Posted January 31, 2020 - 10:59am

I would like to see the family photo : ) I think seeing collections like that is really cool.

JimDon5822
Posted February 1, 2020 - 11:56am

Here is the Treasurer/His Excellency "Bottle Cap" family photo.  The first 5 are 1946 and each is a different variant.  The next one is a 1947, 1948 and 1949. I have the following variants and am always looking out for more variants. 

1946 Treasurer - Yellow gold with Brown Dial (Even Marker Stick Dial)

1946 Treasurer - Yellow gold with White Dial (Even Marker Stick Dial)

1946 Treasurer - White gold with Silver Dial (Even Marker Stick Dial)

1946 Treasurer - White gold with Gray Dial (Even Marker Stick Dial)

1946 Treasurer - Rose gold with Rose Dial (Even Marker Dot Dial)

1947 His Excellency - Yellow gold with White Dial (Even Marker Dot Dial)

1948 His Excellency - Yellow gold with White Dial (12 Marker Dial)

1949 His Excellency - Yellow gold with White Dial (12 Marker Dial)

Bottle Cap Family

Andersok
Posted January 31, 2020 - 6:17am

Agree with His Excellency 'JJ'

jabs
Posted January 31, 2020 - 8:58am

1948 Bulova His Excellency "JJ"

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 31, 2020 - 9:25pm

1948 Bulova His Excellency "JJ"

That's a nice one. Based on the Navy serial number engraved on the watch, I would say Bill was an officer. Very cool. I have a thing for personalized engravings on watches as well. Whenever I pick one up, the first task is see if I can put a face or circumstance to it. Google is great for that.

JimDon5822
Posted February 1, 2020 - 12:38am

Thank you.  I am having may cousin, who is a geneologist, see if she can look up the ID number from the Navy archives.  I'd love to put a history to this watch.