This was my great uncle's watch that he received from the Coca-Cola plant in Jamestown, NY many years ago. Trying to find out a date and any information possible. Thank you in advance. Many more photos available
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The A9 that is stamped on the movement and caseback dates this watch to 1949, His Excellency JJ is the name of the model (was also named the Treasurer in the early 40's) and it looks like the watch box is original to the watch.
Bulova and other watchmakers would often have these branded dials for large companys to use as presentation watches.
Very nice watch.
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The way Bulova changed names, it could very well be an Excellency, and the Treasurer model is only shown in White Gold in the ads so maybe the Yellow Gold models in the database are named something else??
There are no other 1949 Treasurer's in the database and no His Excellency JJ's named yet. In all of my 40's & 50's crystal books there is no Excellency JJ listed taking a fancy (shaped) crystal, so it probably is one of the 28mm + round crystals listed.
Just thinking outside the box...
The Watch appears in the 1946 ad of the 'EXCELLENCY GROUP' named the 'TREASURER' all of the individual names were dropped by 1949 and became 'HIS EXCELLENCY' of one sort or another, the display Box matches the production Date of the Watch and the hang tag has the original knot (jk).
It's legit IMO.
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All I can say is wow, wow, wow, what a sweet piece of Bulova history you have there. Fifth, Nice ad, a shame it's not in the data base.
Jody, If you plan to sell, contact me as well as I also collect Coca Cola items, so this is a double slam dunk collectable for me.
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Hmmm, Since Coca Cola has been around longer than most of us dating the ad would be difficult. Bulova launched the Accutron in the early 1960 so it could be anytime from then on. I've compared some of the other cases to the database ads for matches and I'd say this is 1960-61 maybe.
The Treasurer with the bottlecap bezel appears in 1946 ads only. I have a 1946 Treasurer with grey dial & 1947 Treasurer with a gold tone dial (shown below) in the database & it matches the dial style of the 1946 ads. Notice the dial is different on the subject watch. I would support the excellency JJ name tag on the subject watch. I think the dial is the distinctive feature between the Treasurer & Excellency watches with the bottle cap bezel.
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