Bulova 1958 His Excellency

Submitted by donensley on September 17, 2023 - 8:47pm
B
Manufacture Year
1958
Movement Model
10BP
Movement Jewels
23
Case Serial No.
D049845
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

1958 His Excellency B (waterproof).  Prongs are badly worn due to incorrect watch band used.

    Movement model:               10BP
    Movement date code:           L8
    Info off inside of back face: 7/24/61

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case Serial Number
Inside back cover
Mechanism
JimDon5822
Posted September 17, 2023 - 9:02pm

I think you hit this one on the head.   1958 Bulova His Excellency "B"

His Excellency B

Geoff Baker
Posted September 18, 2023 - 9:17pm

Hi Don, welcome to myBulova. Watch bands that have 'self adjusting" springs are the bane of my existence, they have ruined many a beautiful lug. I agree that your watch is a 1958 Bulova His Excellency B

mybulova_admin
Posted September 18, 2023 - 10:09pm

1958 Bulova His Excellency "B" it is. Curious about the addition of the WATERPROOF above the sub-second and if this was normal and only used short term.

donensley
Posted September 18, 2023 - 11:22pm

There are two watches at this site ( C D019137 and C D451643 ) under His Excellency "D" that have the circular round water proof labels like this model "B", but the body design appears to be model "B" not model "D". The prongs are different. Maybe it was made just when they started adding  that round water proof label which is a possibility. I'm not sure, because there are also model "D"s that have no round water proof on the face. Who knows except maybe Bulova?! Maybe they made both models "B" and "D" without that round label, and then made both with the label after a certain date in 1958.