Bulova 1956 Kirkwood

Submitted by denupnorth on April 4, 2015 - 6:02pm
Manufacture Year
1956
Movement Model
8AC
Movement Jewels
21
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
B358915
Case shape
Rectangle
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
17.18X21.45MM curved one way
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

1956 Bulova  Case back:10K ROLLED GOLG PLATE,BULOVA,L6 and serial #  Inside case back:BULOVA,FI FTH AVE,NEW YORK  8AC movement is dated L6  Dial has applied gold 12 and squares and darts for the other #'s,sub seconds is just a crosshair.  Unsigned crown.  I didn't find an example of this one in the database or in the ads but Lisa has one ine her database marked as unknown.Pretty distinctive case with those camel humps on each side.

denupnorth 1956 Bulova 04 04 2015
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denupnorth
Posted January 30, 2019 - 3:43pm

Just saw an ad posted on sept 28th 2018 by Andersock.There's the Laurel model that seems to have the same case and dial as this watch but states that it has a 17 jewel movement(1957 ad).Hard to say with the pic beeing so small.

 

JimDon5822
Posted February 17, 2020 - 10:57pm

1956 Bulova Kirkwood from the 1957 Line book. 

1956 Kirkwood1956 Kirkwood from 1957 Line Book

jabs
Posted February 18, 2020 - 2:56am

1956 Bulova Kirkwood

denupnorth
Posted February 18, 2020 - 11:31am

In reply to by jabs

I just love it when these unknowns finally get a name.