Bulova 1942 Commando

Submitted by toddadale on December 15, 2017 - 5:20pm
Manufacture Year
1942
Movement Model
10BM
Movement Date Code
49 (A9)
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
2366577
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Need to replace the crystal, but confused on model of watch. Looks like an ARNOLD? Could you good people help with identiftying this watch and a glass crystal I need to purchase. Thank you!

1949 Bulova watch
1942 Bulova watch
1942 Bulova watch
toddadale
Posted December 17, 2017 - 6:35pm

toddadale
Posted December 17, 2017 - 6:37pm

veritas123
Posted December 17, 2017 - 10:40pm

Great  pictures , but I'm still going to need the measurements with a caliper. There are just too many possibilities .

I can see a curve from the top to the bottom. Is there also a curve from side to side ?

toddadale
Posted December 20, 2017 - 12:34am

Happy to supply - A caliper to take the measurement you would recommend? something I would use only once?

Thanks!

 

Todd

veritas123
Posted December 20, 2017 - 8:48am

I wouldn't buy anything if you are only going to use one time. However if you intend to collect watches , I'm sure this will come up again.

If this will be your only watch , could you share with the rest of us , how to do that???

How about a Quality Control Dept where you work or where a friend works. An auto engine repair shop. Any number of places.

Or send me the old crystal and I will match it .

neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 20, 2017 - 8:52am

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If this will be your only watch , could you share with the rest of us , how to do that???

 

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Vintage Bulovas are like potato chips, you can't have just one.......................

veritas123
Posted December 20, 2017 - 9:10am

Yeah. My wife said she would have been OK with a couple of hundred, if I had stopped there . But now the 60,000 moulded glass watch crystals .... 

Well, I think you see where this is going.

They say admitting you have a problem is part of the cure.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 20, 2017 - 9:17am

My name is Bob, and I'm addicted to watches.......................Thanks, I feel better already 

toddadale
Posted December 20, 2017 - 2:45pm

Very thoughtful of you. I would like to send it to you.  

I do collect watches - though this Bulova is by far the oldest - is was my grandfather's - He was born in 1911. My other watches I would not dare to work on. They are a 1975 Rolex GMT Master, My father's Rolex 1982 DATE, My 2010 Datejust, 2012 Mühle-Glashütte Germanika 1, 1973 Omega Speedmaster.