Vintage Bulova information sharing

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Share Information about old Bulova watches. Please limit posts to:

  • old adverts
  • manuals and booklets
  • old documentation
  • old Bulova photos
  • any old information you think may be of interest to members.

Please do not ask "what is my watch". Use 'Identify your watch' to add your watch to the site for review by the sites panel.

So... What's your favorite 1920's style of Ladies Bulova?

Submitted by plainsmen on May 16, 2022 - 10:14pm

So... Pick a handful.... What's your favorite style from the 1920's? 😊

#1, #2, #3, or #4?

#1 The oblong ladies either enamel or jeweled, usually 14K?

#2 The parisien knockoffs?  Almost exact copies of the Elgin series of the timeframe?

#3 The "Sports Watches" Lido type series?  Not pictured are a couple others I have in the Miss America and the Lady Lindy...

#4 The other Miss America Miss Liberty types... Now some of these will also extend into the early 1930's...

What say you?

Oceanographer G dial variations

Submitted by Tayloreuph on May 14, 2022 - 10:03am

Hiya;

I'm working on determining how many variations of the G dial were produced. I've currently found 6, (excluding the V variant) and was wondering if there was anything on these forums about it? I'm looking for year made for some variants. Any information is helpful. Thanks.

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15mxpWHhVfMpLVxZV3RCJ__Ou0Vb16FE…

Bulova Series 1430 Yeoman Accutron Transistor Radio

Submitted by neetstuf-4-u on February 14, 2022 - 6:01pm

Here is a first for me. Bulova clear back "Yeoman" (series 1430) pocket sized transistor radio with lined leather case.. In the original packaging with papers and Bulova 9V battery. Note that the box is marked "Ebony, C" - black body with clear back. The paperwork is undated, but bears a zone number address, indicating it is pre-1963. The Accutron was introduced in I believe Nov. of 1960. The 1430 series radio is the only example of a Bulova radio I find online bearing the tuning fork logo. This would appear to date this radio to the same time frame as the original Accutron.

The Bulova Accuquartz Cal. 224 was the first mass-market quartz wristwatch

Submitted by JimDon5822 on February 13, 2022 - 10:46pm

This is a great article about the history of the quartz watch and Bulova's role as the first to mass produce a quartz watch.  The article claims the The Bulova Accuquartz Cal. 224 was the first mass-market quartz wristwatch

 

https://grail-watch.com/2020/08/02/what-was-the-worlds-first-quartz-watch/

Black dial with gold, radium?

Submitted by KodachromeCrawford on January 21, 2022 - 5:01pm

Hello everyone! Just received a ladies Bulova, it has a black dial and gold numerals. I have no idea of the model, I believe the back case has been replaced as there is nothing engraved. When I asked previously I was told that this would make it most likely non-conforming. So my issue is this, I want to open the case and look at the movement (to help with identification) but now am worried that it could be a luminous (radium) dial. I'm going to try to attach a photo. Any help or info is greatly appreciated ! Thanks!