17 Jewel Waterproof Automatic with Day / Date. Oval brushed finish Case measures 40.5mm x 35mm non inclusive of the Crown while using Calipers. Lugs are hidden. Champagne Dial shows applied Gilt Hour markers, Hour and Minute Hands are luminous enhanced Gilt with a Gilt sweep center Seconds Hand. Bulova logo is applied Gilt, Seconds track is printed Black. A Day and Date complication shows at 3 O'Clock and a Black printed Whale 'automatic' insignia at 6. Caseback is retained with a Stainless Steel ring and is Gold.
Mark,
I have that one somewhere (the ad) also.... I believe it's a likely another "SEA KING," model???
CORRECTION: The "CLIPPER," as you have it!
Best :-) Scott
See Also:
The 1969 SEA KING: (Please note the namesake - Monikor)
The 1972 PRESIDENT "A" (Thanks! Geoff...)
William,
Familiar with Your first example: late 60's - early 70's design 'SEA KING' - a 17 Jewel Waterproof Automatic with Date display.
'71 'SEA KING' http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1971-sea-king-851
The second example You show is not a 'SEA KING' as it is a 23 Jewel Waterproof Automatic with Day and Date display. Common mis-conception being all the 'Whale logo'd' Dials are 'SEA KINGS', they're not.
The Whale insignia indicates 'Waterproof (auto?)' as shown in Three or more examples now.
Fifth
Here's my version of the second - NOS with a "President A" hang tag. The only difference is that darn whale. The instructions in the box with this fellow refer to it as a Jet Star model (line). I have reference ads showing several different case styles all under the Jet Star designation. By the 70's Bulova seems to have dropped the 'names' from their products and stuck with just the model/part number. I found it unusual that this late they were still naming this one, although the "President" monniker was one of their earliest. I'm thinking someone with a lot of time on their hands right a story for the home page documenting all the different watches that Bulova has named either President or Senator, I bet we'd all be surprised how many there really were
geoff.
WOW! That was like, QUICK!?
Mark, THANKS! I had suspected the "Sea Kings" were only part of the WHALE fleet... And THANKS also to Geoff for underscoring that a "23J" (+) does NOT equal a "lesser than" namesake... Afterall, a "Senator" is only 17 Jewels! (Or even 15Js, earlier on...) And there were MANY Pres/Senators, for sure!
An interesting lOOk to the '72... Reminiscent of the Hamilton Odyesee, and several other mechanicals, E- Ms, and even Accutrons! A COOL design :-)
And the '69er (Sea King) looks like a '60s mechanical, or even GF Accutron case/dial??? LOL...
I also sniped a Witt "Electric" (Philip still has?) that I believe has the same case? Or perhaps slightly larger, than the Clipper "D?!"
Best :-) Scott
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