Bulova 1967 Commander

Submitted by john19 on March 5, 2015 - 10:12pm
Manufacture Year
1967
Movement Model
?
Movement Jewels
30
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
F361629
Case shape
Other
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Watch Description

This was my grandfather's watch. The case it came in says President 23 Jewels, but the watch says 30 jewels. Someone wrote 1968 on the back of the owner's manual. Under the serial number I'm pretty sure it says m7 which should be 1967. I have not opened up the watch and would rather not, but am curious what exactly it is. On the back it says: 10 kt RGP BACK - Water proof - Self Winding - Anti Magnetic - Shock Resistant

Any help is appreciated  Thanks!

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William Smith
Posted March 5, 2015 - 11:04pm

It's beautiful.... that's what it is.  We have ads for this one...

bobbee
Posted March 6, 2015 - 5:04am

Commander.

This has a different bezel to other ariant we see, so just a plain Commander until we find an ad with the variant.

Geoff Baker
Posted March 6, 2015 - 8:24am

Welcome to myBulova John, I think you're fortunate to have your Grandfather wrist watch, it must be very special to you.

I think Bob is right, if it was 17J it would be a Clipper, in 30 I think it's a Commander too. 

JP
Posted March 6, 2015 - 10:07am

Commander. The movement will say 30Jewels regardless of what the box says.

Andersok
Posted March 6, 2015 - 7:03pm

Agree with Commander. This case shape shows up in the AQ variant with a smooth bezel, but is also seen as the Time Center model. Nice heirloom to have. President case not correct for watch.

William Smith
Posted March 8, 2015 - 6:01pm

In reply to by john19

John19.  That watch linked above was never entered into the watch database for consideration. It was only discussed briefly in the record of the watch in the root record of that thread. 

john19
Posted March 9, 2015 - 2:47pm

Thanks a lot for your help!

William Smith
Posted March 9, 2015 - 4:41pm

I see the Time Center ad is from 1969.  I'm good w/ Commander for subject watch.