I am unsure of the actual date of this watch. It belonged to my grandfather and he never spoke much about it. The band is not original.
I'm also not sure how we got to non-conforming. The ad shown on page 1 is I suspect a different variant of a square Beau Brummel and not the watch in question. The dial alone indicates that its more than likely from the Beau Brummel family, so I'd be tentative on it being a 1944 Beau Brummel (unknown variant).
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Have we seen any other examples of a BB in solid gold? I guess that's my big dilemma, as well as a 17J in solid gold as opposed to a higher quality movement.
I could agree to Unknown if that is general consensus, but my gut feeling is that it's a marriage of a BB movement and face into a solid gold case as referenced by Geoff .
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I was saying Non-conforming because the case and dial don't seem to go together with any ad I have seen yet. I would have said Beau Brummel if the case matched but didn't know we would do that for a dial. So I am ok with whatever the consensus is. Because it is all Bulova I suppose it really should be Unknown and not Non-conforming so I would change my vote to that for now.
Bulova Unknown
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