Bulova 1931 Sky King

Submitted by tshanno on December 7, 2019 - 6:32am
Manufacture Year
1931
Movement Model
10AN
Movement Date Code
Square Shield
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
502532
Case Serial No.
1291040
Case shape
Other
Case color
Two-tone
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
GS-H440
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

My preliminary call would be a Sky King.  I've no idea if this has been restored but it may well have been.  The dial appears to be in particularly nice shape.  Its hard to tell from the picture because I don't have a very steady hand with the camera but the movement date code is a very clear square sheild, not a triangle.

Thanks.

1931 Bulova watch
1931 Bulova watch
1931 Bulova watch
1931 Bulova watch
jabs
Posted December 7, 2019 - 7:02am

Sky King, with incorrect hands

tshanno
Posted December 7, 2019 - 8:21am

In reply to by jabs

Yeah, I wondered about that. There are several in the database that have the blue or gold hands rather than the cathedral hands. I hadn't had a chance to see if any of the ads had them. I imagine they're all replaced. 

Geoff Baker
Posted December 7, 2019 - 9:36am

That's a beauty Tom, nice find. We had discussions ad nauseam in the early days regarding whether or not watches without the hash marks on the top and bottom were actually Sky King. A quick check of the dB will be evidence that we agree that they are, as is yours. There were two DIAL variants, one with radium lumed numerals and one with gold markers like yours, both are also correct. It's hard to tell from your photo but I wonder if yours is two tone white yellow.

Here is a white over yellow version from my collection, here is the yellow over white version, both with what I colloquially call the 'dress dial'

1931 Bulova Sky King - very nice

tshanno
Posted December 7, 2019 - 9:48am

In reply to by Geoff Baker

This one is yellow over white but I like the look of that white over yellow version.  That's a beauty.  It must be more rare, as well.  All but a few in the database appear to me to be yellow over white.

mybulova_admin
Posted December 8, 2019 - 4:25am

Correct hands on the raised number dial. Also came in gold gilt hands.

1931 Bulova Sky King.