Bulova 1967 Military Issue
2/10 votes
Manufacture Year:
1967
Movement Model:
10BNCH
Movement Jewels:
15
Case Serial No.:
38097
Case shape:
Round
Case Manufacturer:
Star Additional Information:
Black dial, faded lume, white inner 24 hour markings, white seconds track near the dial edge, white Bulova signature, recently serviced.
Serviced hands, replacement second hand
It came with a seemingly replacement crown, the inside has been turned to fit the case stem, and possibly refinished. The crown has a camber to it that I haven't seen on other similar watches.
Base metal dust cover over the movement
Unsure of the manufacture year (*edit perhaps M7?)
Case back reads:
WATCH NAVIG.
TYPE A17A
SPEC. MIL -W6433A
MFR. BULOVA PART NO. 10BNCH
MRF. BULOVA SERIAL N0. 38097 (in a different font)
ORDER NO. DA-36-038-ORD-20328
STOCK NO. 6645-526-5063
U.S PROPERTY
Not For Sale
bobbee
Posted June 3, 2015 - 3:11pm
You seem to have mixed up your movement records with your ORD DEPT watch. This watch has the 10BNCH, and appears to have a jewelled centre hole making it 17 jewels.
This watch has the wrong hand set for the A17-A, it has the hands for the later issued 3818-A model.
The A17-A also had 17 jewels, the 3818-A 15 jewels.
You have the correct case back, dial and movement for the A17-A though.
The date mark may be M1, as the movement could have been changed by military service man, along with the hands.
William Smith
Posted June 4, 2015 - 1:31am
Yea the movement picture in root record shure looks like a 17 Jewel 10BNCH. Now I'm not sure if the date in the root record is correct and the movement picture is from another example? Or visa versa, or if its an entry error.
bobbee
Posted June 4, 2015 - 5:46am
We really need a better pic of the movement. Do you have a loupe, or a magnifying glass? Have you got a "macro" option on your camera?
As said, the hands are from the 3818-A, we have examples in the watch db.
Click on the "members watches" in the "search" drop-down menu and click on "military issue". Look for watches from 1960-61. Those have the hands your watch has. The earlier A17-A has narrower hands, not "pear" skeleton hands.
Case is certainly Bulova Military Issue, but as the dial looks new I can't be sure how original the watch is.
Very nice looking miltary piece.