Bulova 1964 Surf King

Submitted by Gerard on March 10, 2013 - 2:54pm
HW
Manufacture Year
1964
Movement Model
11AL
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
4358842
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Stainless steel,  re-finished black dial with luminous  marked silver markers and silver luminous Dauphine hands. 11 Al 17 jewel movement marked M4.Case back is stamped BULOVA M4, Stainless Steel , Shock Resistant, Water Proof, Anti Magnetic. Nothing on the inside case back. 1964 Surf King I believe. Watch center of add page.

 

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JP
Posted March 10, 2013 - 3:01pm

Surf King

Geoff Baker
Posted March 11, 2013 - 5:36am

Surf King "GW", was the dial always black?

Gerard
Posted March 11, 2013 - 11:26am

In reply to by Geoff Baker

Yes it was black. I had it re-finished. I'm not sure about the black really. Maybe it was re-finished before I bought it. The GW I'm not sure about either.

William Smith
Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:18pm

There were not as many Surf King variants in the Model lists as I thought there would be. 
The Fall 1961 list gives us some case color in the "newer watches" section.  

Further down in this 1961 list- after the "newer watches" section- in the "Cumulative" model section, it only has the same four watches listed as available.  

 By Spring 1964 (the last list we have) there were still only 7 variants available in the cumulative section.

Not that many variants for a watch series with two variant letters.  We see the GW appear by 1964, but dial color is not given.  The BW, DW and FW have Black dials (Blk). 

Geoff Baker
Posted March 12, 2013 - 5:45am

In which case we have a "Surf King" and undetermined variant.

William Smith
Posted March 13, 2013 - 5:43pm

Agreed.  Surf King undetermined vairant. ...for now:)

bobbee
Posted May 16, 2014 - 4:25am

Wrong movement in root record, should be 11, not 10AL.

JimDon5822
Posted June 26, 2021 - 12:38am

Confirming model and variant from the 1964 Line Book BAWD0158 with some assumptions.   According to the line book it lists the bracelet Surf King as EW (white) and FW (black).  It only lists one with a strap and that is the GW (white).  According to the sales book referenced above the HW was (black) therefore we can attribute this one is most likely the Surf King HW.

1964 Bulova Surf King "HW"

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