Bulova 1948 His Excellency

Submitted by Pichejul on December 31, 2018 - 4:27pm
HH
Manufacture Year
1948
Movement Model
7AK
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
8296485
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

14k gold filled case

1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
1948 Bulova watch
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neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:07pm

If it is a copper colored face in a yellow gold case, it's likely a marriage. Copper faces were pretty much exclusive to rose gold cases.

Pichejul
Posted January 3, 2019 - 11:41am

Maybe Kathy. An ambassador case from 1948 really look like my watch 

Pichejul
Posted January 3, 2019 - 11:44am

Do we can decode the case serial number to have some information on the model ? 

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:43pm

As far as I know, the only information we have concluded from s/n's of pre-1948 watches is that the first number indicates the year, so a s/n starting with a "8" would indicate 1938 or 1948. In this case, this style of watch wasn't produced in 1938 so it's 1948. The date code on the movement should be the same, or within 1 year of the case.

Pichejul
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:10pm

Ok so it’s clear that my watch is a 1948. Thanks neetstuf

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:25pm

We see 1948 watches case marked "A8" , "48" and occasionally by first number of serial number.  The absence of a date stamp with serial number and case design would indeed say it's a 1948.

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:41pm

Very good. dial matches case.  Now if movement is confirmed as 21 jewel,

1948 His Excellency "GG" gets my vote.

mybulova_admin
Posted January 4, 2019 - 7:30pm

That dial is not original and has been redone, so is hard to confirm what it should look like.

Pichejul
Posted January 3, 2019 - 12:52pm

The case that is the more matching with it is the tuxedo. But it’s not the same dial. Maybe they have put a other dial in it ?