Bulova 1944 President

Submitted by Kunapets on February 18, 2013 - 2:39pm
Manufacture Year
1944
Movement Model
7AP
Movement Date Code
T
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
none
Case Serial No.
4080935
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Another SOLID 14 K. Date code is confusing shows a T and an X - either 1942 or 1943. I could do find one in the MyBulova Advertisements, but there is one in the Search Database listed as 1942 UNKNOWN. Looks to be same case, but this on is 14K

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DarHin
Posted February 18, 2013 - 3:44pm

Ken, it actually looks like your movement is triple stamped. T - '42, X - '43, and O - '44. It's not unusual to see a double stamped movement but a triple date is more rare. The O date is consistent with your '44 serial #.

Great watch, I also have the same one entered as a '44 Unknown.

Kunapets
Posted February 18, 2013 - 7:58pm

Any idea why a movement would have multiple date codes??

 

Ken S

DarHin
Posted February 18, 2013 - 8:08pm

Probably unused stock. The movement was originally assembled in '42, that's why the T code is gold like the rest of the engraving. The other 2 codes were hand stamped later.

plainsmen
Posted February 18, 2013 - 10:55pm

President.... I do believe they came in the solid gold now and again. Nice watch.

EDIT... wait.. wrong lugs.. my bad.. Unknown

Geoff Baker
Posted February 19, 2013 - 5:40am

Unknown model

William Smith
Posted February 19, 2013 - 4:00pm

Great triple date-code mvnt.  ID is unknown from me for now...

mybulova_admin
Posted February 20, 2013 - 2:47am

President seems close, but the advert I have was a crapy one.

1946 Bulova President wtch

DarHin
Posted February 20, 2013 - 9:52am

Looks like a match to me Stephen. '44 President not '42.

William Smith
Posted February 21, 2013 - 1:53pm

Yep a close enough match for me too.  1944 President. And it looks like it had the same base model name in either yellow or pink gold. I betcha there were letter variants for each, but we arn't going there in this ID :)

plainsmen
Posted February 21, 2013 - 10:51pm

I'm good with that ad.... nice find Steve.