Bulova 'Type A17A' - Korean War Era U.S. Military issue. Parkerized Steel Case measures 40mm lug to lug x 32mm wide non inclusive of the Crown while using Calipers. Black Dial shows Luminous and White printed numerals. Hour and Minute Hands are Luminous filled and the sweep center Seconds Hand is unique with a Luminous Arrowhead tip. A Steel dustshield and gasket appears between the Caseback and Movement. 10 sided Caseback is Parkerized, screws on and is stamped as shown. Crown is Steel. Hackset. The A17A is shown on its original issue strap. * 100% correct as found - from the estate of a retired U.S. Naval Officer.
Thanks hq_sandman_ute for posting the two links above, and Bobbee for placing in the thread. The table directly above is a "revised" version of the earlier table w/ the possible typos of 1960's vs 1950's. It's great to have the expert who created/entered the info in the table helping with this watch thread. And we get conformation on said revisions w/ the new 1950's dates in the 6433 and 6433A specs fields. It's no longer a table "created by someone" but a revised table w/ comments from it's author! The two links show both unofficial and official military documents which further document the revisions in the table. This is great stuff. Thanks
I had always thought it was more likely a typo on a table then a mis-stamped date symbol on several movements. Glad to see we cleared this up!
In reply to a great find which now adds by FifthAvenueRes…
Terry's piece mentioned and shown earlier in this thread, right?
So it's a Bulova Type A-11 Navigation in a 1946+ Stainless Steel case, right?
WRONG! It is a Type A-11 dial with 10 AKCSH movement in a Type A-17A case.
TerryK posted 18th. Sept. 2011: "I just got the back off and it reads 10 AK, fifteen jewels", and with center secs that means it is a 10 AKCSH.
On 14th.Sept. 2011, the same day he posted the photo of the front, TerryK posted this photo of the case back of the above watch, which clearly shows the A-17A,with 10 BNCH movement mil-specs.
This watch is a Non-conventional Frankie, as anyone would know who knows their stuff, even the basics, about military watches.
Nothing to do with the 1946 ad I found.