Bulova 1929 President

Submitted by zappatore88 on February 8, 2015 - 11:36am
Manufacture Year
1929
Movement Model
9AT
Movement Date Code
Shield
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
424206
Case Serial No.
0195952
Case shape
Oval
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

This one is pretty clean, president im thinking .

case date reads Bulova 1927 14K gold filled 

small chip on glass crystal, anyone have a high profile glass crystal for this watch the want to sell? 

She's a keeper!

zappatore88 1929 Bulova 02 10 2015
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1929 Bulova watch
1929 Bulova watch
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1955mercury
Posted February 9, 2015 - 2:48pm

In reply to by zappatore88

That looks like a case match Zappatore. Is your's a 1929 or a 1930?

zappatore88
Posted February 9, 2015 - 4:25pm

In reply to by 1955mercury

No worries I usually try to put all the info I can, thanks for all the help! Appreciated!

zappatore88
Posted February 9, 2015 - 7:01pm

In reply to by bobbee

Movement stamped with a sheild 1929. Is there a way to date the case? I'm not knowledgeable on that. 

1955mercury
Posted February 9, 2015 - 7:19pm

In reply to by zappatore88

Zappatore, usually the first digit in the 7 digit serial number is the year in the decade the watch was made. I'm sure you've seen enough Bulovas to be able to tell by looking what decade they were made in. But for the novice, you would start by seeing which movement was inside and refer to the movement data base to see what years they were made. Then look for the date code on it to determine the exact year. That will put you in the decade the case was made and then you use the first digit of the serial number to determine the exact year. For example your serial number starts with a "0". Just by looking at your watch you can recognize that it was made in the second half of the 20's or the first part of the 30's. So the "0" would indicate yours was made in 1930. This applies to nearly all of the Bulovas prior to 1948. There are a few exceptions where the serial number is only 6 digits or it starts with a letter instead of a digit.