This is a pretty sweet watch! Very nice unusual lungs on this guy that I haven't seen. I very much hesitate to use the "rare" word, but it's definately a bit more scarce than the average Bully out there. I haven't seen this model often anyway. Sporting a 10BT, 15 Jewel movement. Both stainless steel back case and movement showing L3...
No Jerin, not all that rare, scarce maybe as we don't see too many compared to others but still mass produced as the others. Could be that folks like the style and keep them instead of selling. I'd lean toward an Excellency or Ambassador of some version or another. It even has some AA qualities but 1953 , 17J , just doesn't go there. Sorry Dude, not much help, jmo.
How about the Byron?
This excerpt is from a large format, color marketing brochure produced by Bulova and bulk mailed to jewelers. I have an original in my possession. The bulk postage stamp, unfortunately, does not include a date, but judging from the watches advertised--Maxim, Director, Seabee, and others--it would appear to be an early-to-mid-1950s advertisement.
Attached to the flyer is the original order form, which the jeweler was supposed to fill out and mail back to Bulova to order the watches shown in the brochure. The order form lists the watches by name, along with the watch number and price.
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Possible way to date the ad Lisa found using price lists. In the Nov 1954 supplement to quarterly lists, in "new models, update prices" section, we see the price of Byron (31535) listed as $42.50. Since this is a suplement to previous released quarterly, there is not a cumulative model section to list.
Matt ad for Byron must have been produced before November 1954 to have old price of $39.75