1948 Diamond Dial 21Jewel Excellency "LL" 7AA which was started in 1949, so is this a early 1949 with 1948 movement symbol? or late 1948? or replacement movement? L3 date stamp on movement 3 (untested) diamonds Applied Gold numbers on a Champagne colored dial with Black tracks, Bulova signed 10K Gold filled bezel and back. Speidel band (October 7, 2012) Updated image 4 with picture of movement symbol 48.
1948 His Excellency w/ "different dial" and movement swap five years later? When we go w/ dates of movement/case which are a couple years apart, we go with the latter. Does the "LL" have this dial in the ad?
Unknown (or non-conforming). I can't ID on case alone while disregarding the dial/movement.
In reply to I agree that we go with the by mybulova_admin
Unknown, borderline non-conforming,
I know everything is Bulova, but the 5 year span between the case & movement raises a flag.
The dial is factory, but was it original to the case or movement...or from another model?
I have 48' & 49' unknowns in the database with the same dial in both White & Champagne
In reply to Well it certainly looks lie a by mybulova_admin
Stephen, what do you mean by optional extra? If you mean something the jeweler added at point of original sale, I would say maybe- the jeweler certainly could do this. But I think Bulova produced many watches w/ many diff dial configurations, and they were assembled and shipped to dealers w/ these "options". If we look at the few Bulvoa model/price lists we do have, we see a section for "with diamonds". This section includes diamonds in the case and/or on the dial. These have a unique model number used internally by dealers and Bulova to order said watch. Then we look at the price differences between diamond dials in those listed under "with diamonds", and compare to other unique models listed (for which we don't have ads) and the price differences are in line w/ a possible "diamond dial". I'm seeing ads produced by Bulova with "regular" and "diamond dials" and thinking while these diamond dial "variants" may have the same model name- and sometimes even the same variant designation- if any- many came from the factory that way.
Many have a unique Bulova model number to aid in ordering that diamond dial configuration, they are "as original", and we don't have ads for this. Makes it challenging to rate the ticks, but something I'm becoming more aware of.