Bulova 1959 -Non-Conforming

Submitted by brandall54 on December 28, 2018 - 7:54pm
Manufacture Year
1959
Movement Model
11AF
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
D950833
Case shape
Tonneau
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
23.2mm x 20.2mm at center 18mm on ends
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

the Case is clearly marked L9 However the 11AF movement is clearly stamp N0 1970???

1959 Bulova watch
1959 Bulova watch
1959 Bulova watch
mybulova_admin
Posted December 28, 2018 - 8:40pm

L9 would mean that it's a 1959 case with a N0 (1970) movement, which unnfortunetly would mean this watch 'non-conforming'.

Do you have a close up of the movement?

brandall54
Posted December 28, 2018 - 9:02pm

I uploaded a closer image of the movement to my user file, but don't know how to get it here

mybulova_admin
Posted December 29, 2018 - 12:35am

You can add a photo here using the 'Image' button in the toolbar as when you add a comment. If you have alreayd uploaded, simply find it and double click to insert.

brandall54
Posted December 29, 2018 - 12:31am

 If I can identify the case I could find a proper movement but I didn't see anything in the database or in the old adverts

neetstuf-4-u
Posted December 29, 2018 - 10:17am

I can't find any instances of watches in the database sporting an 11AF movement (sub second hand) past 1960. Is it possible date code is M0 on movement? That would make a lot more sense and could mean movement is original to the watch. Sometimes it's difficult to tell an M from an N on a movement.

The latest sub second models I find are dated 1967, none of which are sporting an 11AF. Just an observation.

brandall54
Posted December 29, 2018 - 7:49pm

I checked it under 10x magnification and it is definitely an N0 right above the word Unadjusted on the movement. Not clear in the photo

mybulova_admin
Posted December 30, 2018 - 6:44pm

Thanks for the photo. That would unfortunetly place your watch in th non-conforming category, but with the correct movement in place we can cerrtainly look to update. 

brandall54
Posted December 31, 2018 - 10:47am

Do you have any idea which model the case might possibly? I went through the database and the adverts but didn't find anything that looked similar.

Kathy L.
Posted December 31, 2018 - 11:43am

I looked through the full and partail ads and did not find a match.  Pretty unique case so one could pop up at some point.

brandall54
Posted April 13, 2019 - 1:46pm

Update...another one of these cases has surfaced on Ebay.

This one appears to have a '52 or '53 date code (kinda blurry, couldn't tell for sure.

Here is a photo

Identical to the one I have. Same 11AL movement, same hands, same face ?