Never seen one of these with a date window 10AC movement too...must be rare. shame it is broken inside.
Hrmm... listing gone? I think I know which one you were talking about though... had a red colored 11 in the date spot?
Wait... here it is:
cgi.ebay.com/1928-Bulova-barrel-style-watch-nice-case-unique-date-/170579638955
Yeah I thought that must be a watchmakers trick as well.... 10AC movement?
In reply to So who's gonna snipe it from by Stephen Ollman
I have seen this case before & tried to ID. Looks like a Richard varient. All of the Lone Eagle II, Richard and Richard varients that I have in my files are all 10AN 15j or 13AF 15j. The watch on auction is a 17j 10AC and seller claims the case is stainless w/Gold Inlays.
In reply to Save Your money, a date by FifthAvenueRes…
In reply to Mark I knew that, but I by Wayne Hanley
Actually they did exist in the late 20s and early 30's. I did some research into this and sure enough many of the high-end manufactures produced a date version back in the 20 and 30s.
I gather this is one of the few that Bulova produced. My guess is that they stopped production of the date window (maybe didn't sell well, or the machanics were a bugger...who knows) but the date window didn't appear again on Bulova models until a number of decades later.
I didn't win it and as such will cry myself to sleep tonight!
This 10AC is date stamped 1932. I hope we get to see under the hood of this beauty.
In reply to Actually they did exist in by Stephen Ollman
In reply to Actually they did exist in by Stephen Ollman
Stephen,
Maybe so, but not in this form. My opinion is the first forms of day date display are shown on the jump hour and wandering second Presidents. This watch has a more modern bevel cut to the window, not to mention late 50's style numerals that don't quite fit. Anyway, if Wayne took the hands You'd be stuck looking for a pair, so consider Yourself blessed.
In reply to Stephen, Maybe so, but not in by FifthAvenueRes…
Mark, are you referring to the dial numbers or the date numbers? The dial numbers are authentic for the early 1930 Bulova watches.
I think once we see under the bonnet we'll have a much better understanding of its authenticity and if Bulova ever did venture into this area. Like a said earlier, yesterday I saw documented a number of late 1920 and early 30 watches (not Bulova) that had the date window like this one shown.
Also the 10AC movement is unique. As this is the first time I've seen this model it does suggest that it's manufacture and variation was meant for something different.