Bulova 1948 -Unknown

Submitted by writerdianalee on November 18, 2014 - 9:16am
Manufacture Year
1948
Movement Model
5AC
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
806532
Case shape
Cushion
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
Seems to be acrylic, raised, cushion, and not set correctly.
Gender
Ladies
Watch Description

I took a pic of the back but it's a little blurry - sorry, good camera isn't so good anymore. On the back is the case serial no. on one end; on the other end simply 10K Gold Filled and under that "Bulova." Watch stem stamped Bulova. SWISS under the 6 on the dial. Two diamonds. lovely beading and such, as you can see. It's a pretty little watch. Ran just fine for a few days, tho didn't feel right upon winding, and I'll be taking it to a jeweler today (taking some time off work to do that). I will ask him for movement details. I do not know if he's a watch specialist. I did put 1948 as year but that is a guess. It could be 1938. I really do not know.  DIANA

writerdianalee 1948 Bulova watch face 12 05 2014
1948 Bulova watch
writerdianalee
Posted November 19, 2014 - 10:50am

Does anyone have an image of this 1938 Dolly Madison? I'm at work but I can take a peek at something - I looked in the database and didn't see one initially - the DM's I'm seeing from other years are rectangular.....Mine's more of a cushion shape. :) Sorry about making mistakes here. I'll get it all figured out eventually.

mybulova_admin
Posted November 20, 2014 - 3:27am

Not saying it is a DM, but its the closest I can find as a match. However as I stated it has a 21J movement, so if your watch is confirmed at 17J then it probably is another model.

It will be good to get the photos of the movement.

1938 Bulova Dolly Madison

jabs
Posted November 20, 2014 - 3:50am

may be DM case and dial with replaced movement, all DM watches have 21j movement

1955mercury
Posted November 19, 2014 - 11:16am

I tried to put a picture of a 1946 on here, but I'm doing something wrong are this site does not allow me to post pictures or something. It drives me crazy. Anyway, the 5AC movement wasn't made in 1938.

1955mercury
Posted November 20, 2014 - 7:33am

I don't really get an error Admin. The problem is once I click on the "image" icon at the top of the comment box, the box comes up with "enter url" and all, then when I enter a url and click on "ok or continue" (don't remember which one it says) my computer screen locks up. I've waited as long as 30 minutes to see if it's working and doing something, but apparently it's not. Then the only way I can unlock the screen is by hitting refresh of the Mybulova site address in the browser. Clicking on cancel in the add image box does nothing.

mybulova_admin
Posted November 21, 2014 - 9:40pm

 

When the image box comes up do you see a blue ' Browse Server' button? If you want to upload an image click that and wait for the upload function to display, otherwise if the image is already hosted else where you should be able to simply put in a link to it. Make sure that the images are no larger than 150Kb in file size.

1955mercury
Posted November 23, 2014 - 12:53pm

I just sent you an email that will hopefully explain the problem I am having posting pictures Admin.

writerdianalee
Posted November 19, 2014 - 1:45pm

OK. He did confirm it was a 5AC movement.

writerdianalee
Posted November 20, 2014 - 10:57am

Mercury: Why don't you just email me the picture - then I'll post it on your behalf after I look at it. [email protected].