Bulova 1949 Commodore

Submitted by 1955mercury on February 28, 2015 - 12:34pm
Manufacture Year
1949
Movement Model
8AD
Movement Date Code
49 (A9)
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
none
Case Serial No.
2625992
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
G-S PMX313-16
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

My Saturday morning project was bringing this one back to life. It seems to be happy now. I don't know what that is on the dial but it looks much worse in the photos than it does looking at the watch.

Bulova watch
Geoff Baker
Posted March 1, 2015 - 5:49am

Alan - have you looked through the dB and found any matches?

jabs
Posted March 1, 2015 - 6:06am

I also searched and found nothing, beautiful watches and no footstep

1955mercury
Posted March 1, 2015 - 7:28am

Looks like a "Commodore" to me. What do you guys think?

Andersok
Posted March 1, 2015 - 7:56am

Good ad find; snipet above from 1949 ad; similar model in database.

1949 Commodore

jabs
Posted March 1, 2015 - 8:16am

good find ad, I was afflicted by blindness :)

1949 Commodore

donegd
Posted March 1, 2015 - 8:18am

Yes l agree with you Alan  nice looking Commodore. A good match to add.  Think it looks better with the leather strap to. The dial looks as though the watch belonged to a smoker. I have a Senator that the dial looked very much the same as this one. I used a cotton bud dampened with jewelry cleaner and very gently rubbed it over a few times and it removed most of the staining from the dial

 

William Smith
Posted March 1, 2015 - 12:22pm

Good ad match gang!
1949 Commodore

Geoff Baker
Posted March 2, 2015 - 9:08pm

Well done on the advert Alan, I'll go right along with the Commodore ID on this one. Beautiful watch, nicely done.