Bulova 1963 Snorkel

Submitted by FifthAvenueRes… on April 14, 2012 - 11:03am
Manufacture Year
1963
Movement Model
11AFAC
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
355205
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Crystal details
Bulova 314 AW
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Dual Crown Super Compressor.

 

Bulova watch
1963 Bulova watch
1963 Bulova watch
1963 Bulova watch
1963 Bulova watch
William Smith
Posted April 19, 2012 - 8:08pm

yea Fifth I think that was the depth rating.... I have a bunch of stuff on Brevet, some patent licensing stuff on companies who had the rights to use Brevet technology, and some chatter I read on other watch blog sites... No official documentation though.  I bet that four digit case number is a "test run number". 

OldTicker
Posted April 19, 2012 - 8:11pm

Nice work Mark,

The 314 case number helps to confirm this as a Snorkel, and the 666 is a given, plus the back shot of the case  shows this as the "first design" of the three possibles....Three stars...The 5768 has got to be "certification number", or something else??

FifthAvenueRes…
Posted April 21, 2012 - 11:09am

The 4 digit number stamped on the outer Caseback could be anything:

An Organizations inventory number? a Certification number? ...it's anyone's guess.

William Smith
Posted April 21, 2012 - 1:47pm

perhaps more case back examples of this model will help.  I hadn't thought about an organization inventory number.  Good point.

bobbee
Posted May 10, 2015 - 7:07am

That "other" number on the outer case back will possibly/probably be a military issue marking, as these were used by the navy.

William Smith
Posted May 10, 2015 - 12:21pm

Cool.  I had guessed it may be a number associated with a run of H2O depth testing.  The dial does has military features, or the military look anyway.  

Reverend Rob
Posted April 1, 2019 - 2:27am

This is an old thread, but recently it has been pointed out to me by Anthony (Zappatore) that these cases were produced by EPSA and were called 'SuperCompressor'. 

Also, 'Brevet' is French for 'Patent', it is not a company name.