Recently acquired this one... a real Mystery! 1924 is a guess. Movement is 8 1/2 lignes, case is 18K non-Bulova. I found a post on NAWCC site about a similar Lady Maxim (no photo). The case was 14K gold filled, but had the same manufacturer's stamp. Is this a BULOVA, or was it made for another company by BULOVA??
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The way I interpret the information is the Maxim and the Rubaiyat were manufactured by Bulova in the same way the later Westfield, Caravelle and Accutrons were, as subsiduary or secondary Company's, which is why We see their Names printed on the Dials and not Bulovas'...
It's not really clear from the ad that the Hudson Maxim and Rubaiyat were made by a bulova subsidiary or differently branded like the Westfield and/or Caravelle. Maybe there are all bulova and just don't have Bulova on the dials- like admin says about the branding this early in the game. Maybe made all bulova and just have Maxim on dial? Hummmm thinking........
Great catch on that Fifth. Do we have any other evidence of this possible subsidiary idea?
Why in the world would we delete all this good Bulova history and information because of a "rule". The rules are more like guidelines. All through this post folks have noted the merit of this info. ...and as far as consistently following rules....one more exception to the rule wouldn't hurt. It's good Bulova "history speculation" with facts coming along to fill in the speculation gaps.
Can anyone tell me which two watch models are displayed on the first 1922 ad? I can't make out the two model names, if it's even stated? Thanks.
In reply to Why in the world would we by William Smith
In reply to Will, I have a feeling that by mybulova_admin
Can't make them out,Will.
I re-read the whole post over again last night and found it very rewarding and insightful, seeing the thought processes members went through with a much more limited database, and am thankful for the enrichment of it since then.
The watches cannot be proved either way to have been a sub-brand, as it could just as easily be an advert for a new way of Bulova naming instead of numbering their watches, or just proud of those particular, or possibly most popular watches, and as these are at least aknowledged by Bulova and are early examples of fine watch making, we should keep them.
Bulova.