I have search for 3 weeks trying to find a picture of this watch online and have come up with nothing even close. I hade it inspected and appraised and i keep getting the same anser we cant tell you what its worth because we have never seen one like it and that its has be base metal and the movement brass well i hade it tested by a jeweler and the band is 10k white gold and i havnt tested the movement because i dont want to damage it but looks to be gold. The only other watch i have seen in this style wich is called the modern diamond now back then we dont know there is a member from this site yudi he has one in yellow gold plated in pretty bad shape but it has the same movement 10CK aslo his looks like a enlarged rolex coktail watch and the closest thing to my watch from that time seems to be a Rolex Cellini diamond watch. I dont believe that my watch was ever put into production just a prototype because of cost .this watch being a N8 1978 bulova was having big problems they reported 48 million in losses from 76 to 78 then changed management in 1980 its only now you see the modern diamond bulova in this style witch back then was to it was to much of a copy of rolex cellini its almost like a bulova clone of that watch of course this is all speculation because we dont have records to referance .I think that if there where any number of these watches made and sold they would be collectable and easily found but there isnt a trace of this watch any place on the web . I also discovered the swiss didnt acknowledge even 14k gold until 1988 so this watch claiming to have a base metal bezal is how they would of labeled it in Switzerland in 1978 im not sure when or even to this day that they acknowledge 10k gold as gold gotta love the swiss they try and keep us Americans honost. Please if anyone has a simular watch do tell me so i can stop searching .below the 6 diamond marker it reads BVA-10CK with 10CK on the movement 17 jewels swiss made N8 5-676240 on the back 8316-1 with NBV on the case back
i can not figure out how to post more pics or edit my post but i have looked into this watch more and it is solid gold all they could tell me is that it is a low in gold rating like 8k 0r 9k wich is disapointing but at least its sold i took off the clasp and cut into the band and is solid all the way threw
In reply to Yes Unknown for me as well. by Kathy L.
This is why i am staring to think it is a prototype this watch has the cushion case and i tthink thats where it gets its name the 10CK there is a 1972 or 70 accutron calendar CK that is named that because of the cushion case and my watch having a cushion case and all the others with 10CK are round or oval one of them is on this site and its different shaped like a square shape. My watch is the only one i have seen like it and i have searched for 3 months and has taken most if not all my free time the back plate says base metal bezel and it is solid gold and so is the band it was also made in 78 right after the ended the accutron line it has the ETA peseux gold plated movement and looks just like the high end rolex cellini diamond dail that it would of been very brazen at the time to release to the general public not to mention the cost to produce it nobody would buy a bulova watch that looked just like a cellini at what had to of been very expensive not as much but close to what the cellini would cost i have heard that peopke have seen this watch before but i think they are mistaken and are thinking of the plated models with the same 10CK as the model all those watches are poorly made and poorly plated .i am trying my hardest to get it authenticated as a prototype but it being so very hard with no records please if anyone has proof of anouther one of these watches out there i would be more than pleased to see a picture of it so i can lay my theory to rest and that would categories mine as a retail dud wich i hope is not the case thanks again lee Galloway
In reply to Yes Unknown for me as well. by Kathy L.
Thank you for all your feed back and your response to my post but i would if it was up to me label my watch as the bulova daimond 10CK it has BVA 10CK printed on the dial as you can see in the pictures i cant seem to be able to post more pictures for you guys without just reposting this watch all together witch i might have to do if you think that would be appropriate
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thank you for your post and knowledgeable insight on bulova as a hole . ok im am putting my prototype theroy to rest with my ngoing reashearch on this watch it turns out the acid testing liquid was old and its shelf life was had run its time and the acid no longer accurate . i took this watch to a coin collecting shop in the town i live in and they have a very expensive gold and other metal testing gun.the watch band came up as 8k gold wich is not the gold standard to be labeled as gold here in the USA . i did not have him test the bezel but im assuming it is the same wich also seems strange why make it out of 8k knowing you can not advertise it as gold when you could of made it out of 10k and labeled it and advertised it as such also the 10CK being on the dial and on the movement..why the 10CK so if this watch was a retail model and everyone seems to think it is it has to be a retail dud a watch that at the time wasnt so popular for whatever reason i think imitating the rolex cellini might of been one of them . retail duds are hard to find because there was so little of them sold at the time so i lay me theroy to rest withn so many experts saying that it is not a prototype i will take your word on it. i didnt get into the watch testing out come above the band is 8k solid white gold and so is the case so that means it is base metal to the American standard and not traditional gold . i cant imagine why they would make it 8k and not 10k with the cost difference minimal and the advertising aspect great . maybe another reason this watch is so rare and hard to find it would of been expensive and only labeled base metal this is the first appearance of the bulova modern diamond it was debuted in 78 then not seen again for almost 30 years very strange also so i lay my argument to rest prototype no retail dud more likely