The watch in total is a cobbled together mess...
The dial would suggest a sweep second movement. It's not!
The hands are inapproriate for the dial.
Case center section appears to be chromed base metal while the bezel and back are gold filled,
and none of the case numbers match.
I've posted the photos so you can have a good laugh.
I'm only interested to know if anyone recognizes the dial and which model it mates.
Yep... I have this model. Case and dial are correct. Look in unknowns say 1928-1929 for complete watches.
Here's one that Geoff has:
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1929-unknown-4728
I bought this one a few weeks ago:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161523441877?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Edited my last post. check it out timeless.
Here's one that Geoff has:
http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1929-unknown-4728
I bought this one a few weeks ago:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161523441877?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
How many examples of watches in the database (or on Lisa's site or elsewhere) do we see housed in cases hallmarked B.W.W.Co. ? Are there other B.W.W.Co cases housing Bulova which look "legit"? Wondering if Bulova partnered with this company for a series of "medical watches"?
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Good question about the case. I think this watch from around 1930 is another
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950s-Bulova-17-Jewel-Open-Pocket-Watch…
Suffolk County News, September 3rd, 1937.
It's not inconceivable that Bulova used Fahys cases for their earlier watches surely?
We know they used many manufacturers cases as well as their own. Maybe tooling up for certain designs was not cost efficient, and so used existing designs.
Bulova are possibly using up existing old stock cases and movements.
As seen in the above snippet, the Bulova subsidiary The Sag Harbor Guild Inc. had leased the premises for a period of around ten years before 1937.
So Bulova were actually using the plant to make cases from some time in the mid-twenties, so it is feasible that many cases "lying around" were used up. It would be silly not to.
Look at the pocket watch Jerin linked to, that is a 1920's design and so is the OP's watch.
1925 advert.
I think it's a given that Bulova used Fahys cases.
According to the article then, Bulova would have been sharing the building with Fahys beginning in 1917, up to and including the fire in 1925 that destroyed a large portion of the building... most likely why Bulova wasn't there from 1927-37.
By 1931 Fahys was out of business, apparently due to the Depression, but I'm sure the fire didn't help much.