Bulova 1967 Diamond Excellency

Submitted by dan on August 10, 2015 - 11:51am
J
Manufacture Year
1967
Movement Model
10CL
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
J459241
Case shape
Square
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

My grandfather handed this down to me. My grandmother bought it for him. My dad remembers buing it in the store but he was young. Wanted verification on what it is, I'm suspecting 1967 Diamond Excellency "J." I took pictures of this strange white pastey substance on the band. Wanted to know if I should pay to have this professionally cleaned or if there is a way I can do it myself?

1967 Diamond Excellency J
1967 Bulova watch
1967 Bulova watch
1967 Bulova watch
1967 Bulova watch
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jabs
Posted August 10, 2015 - 2:01pm

Agree with Diamond Excellency "J", I have white gold one

William Smith
Posted August 10, 2015 - 2:38pm

Nice watch.  Looks like Diamaon Excellency "J" to me.  
Undated newspaper ad below:

Trying to remember if/how we determined that the "white or yellow" had different variant letters.
It's not showing up in the Price List spreadsheet, which only has models through Spring 1964.

I'm good with tentative 1967 Diamond Excellency "J".  

Geoff Baker
Posted August 11, 2015 - 8:05am

Hi Dan, welcome to myBulova. I think a watch inherited from your grandfather is pretty cool. By all means have it serviced and wear it! As you can see from the advert Will posted, that bracelet is most likely original to the watch. You could probably clean the bracelet yourself, with warm, soapy water and an old toothbrush but you MUST remove it from the watch if you attempt it. Do not subject the watch to any soap or water. What I really recommend having it all professionally cleaned. Find a good watchmaker to service the watch and have him/her clean the bracelet at the same time.

Thanks for sharing it with us

Diamond Excellency J is my ID vote.

Andersok
Posted August 15, 2015 - 9:28am

+1