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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I've seen other non Bulova watches with the cases, also, Will. I think it's interesting, because the movts are the same ebauche, but with a different company name or jeweller's name on them. It wasn't uncommon for Jewellers to order specific watch and case combos to then stamp with their own name, in fact, Bulova still provides this service to this day. I'm seeing Joseph's hand in here.
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Wow
I reread this entire post (again), and can see how what entered MyBulova as a much-disputed theory morphed over the years into the seeds for our current understanding based on new ads, documents, examples etc...
When, in other records, forum posted, and comments, we discuss what may be an idea, a theory from left field, or just an as-of-yet undocumented argument about something possibly Bulova, I need to keep an open mind to what can come out of the discussion. Even if some crazy theory is found to be incorrect, how much ancillary info discussed during disproving the theory is correct? Enough for me to keep speculating, as long as its possible and not too ridiculous.