Crystal is tinted blue. Inside back reads ...Pat. Jan. 1, 1927 - 14K - Gold Filled - New York
Case serial gives us a date of 1930.
The blue crystal is unusual, but coloured crystals were available, still are.
GARFIELD, 1929 ad.
http://www.mybulova.com/sites/default/files/vintage_ads/1929-Buloba-1-June-1929-lw.jpg
Hi Moose - welcome to myBulova, great looking watch. I agree with Bob on two points. I think your watch is a 1930 case, so we would identify it as a 1930 model. The blue crystal is a replacement and it was/is possible to find them in various colors, some quite striking.
The points we don't quite agree on ( three actually) is that I think your watch is a 1930 President as shown in comparison below:
Ad is 1931
ad is 1929
PS - the other point(s) Bob and I differ on are spelling and national holidays, being a Brit, Bob spells some words differently (it's still the Kings English though...) and celebrates July 4 differently as well!
PSS - myBulova members are global, I can think of six or seven countries represented from at least three continents.
In reply to Not that I'm debating the by mybulova_admin
I want to confirm the movement details. The Case serial number 0185422 may also read 0135422.
the detail on the 3rd number is hard to read.
The movement model # 9A and serial # 63119 are correct.
Thanking you again for all your help in identifying my watch. Purchased it at a fleamarket, some 30 years ago in New York.
I realize the condition is poor, and there isn't a strap. Could you possibly give a value range, for curiosity sake.
Thanks once more.