Bulova 1975

This watch is currently under review by the myBulova.com panel.
Submitted by bbay on April 16, 2024 - 5:01am
Manufacture Year
1975
Case Serial No.
4430113
Case shape
Round
Case color
Other
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Watch Description

Stainless steel case and band. Just purchased while on vacation and don’t know anything about the watch (such as date of manufacture, model or movement) I am new to the bulova world and would like to know more about this piece!

Dial
Case
Clasp and bracelet
Underside of bracket and case
Front facing view of watch and bracelet
Kathy L.
Posted April 16, 2024 - 9:33am

Welcome to myBulova and thanks for sharing your watch with us.  I am not seeing a date code on the caseback, is there a letter/number on the back anywhere?  Maybe a P3 or T4 or A5 for example?  This one might fall outside our 1979 cutoff.

bbay
Posted April 16, 2024 - 11:37am

In reply to by Kathy L.

Odd. Even upon a close inspection, no letter or number combination to be found! Only set of numbers I found was a patent number on the back of the clasp that reads "1095455"

mybulova_admin
Posted April 16, 2024 - 6:25pm

It looks like you'll need to remove the back of the watch to see if the movement has any date information on it. Your watch looks to be from either the 1970s or 1980s, but I'm more inclined to say the 1980s. 

Please let us know how you go with taking the back off and taking a photo of the movement.

JimDon5822
Posted April 16, 2024 - 10:59pm

Great looking watch.  We do have the quite a few post 1980 Bulova catalogs in our Vintage Bulova Catalogs page at the very bottom.  I suggest you look thru the  1982-1986 and see if you can find this watch.   Stylistically it does appear to be a post 1980 watch to me which is out of our website scope.  Pleaes note,   I will be scanning 1987 -1991 Bulova catalogs over the next week so maybe it will show up in one of these.  Keep checking back.

mybulova_admin
Posted April 17, 2024 - 2:10am

I've seen a 1980 linebook that lists watches very similar to the subject watch, but I was unable to find an exact match. 

At this stage unless the movement date comes back as pre 1980 we will need to remove this watch entry from the database.

Pending date confirmation. 

mybulova_admin
Posted April 25, 2024 - 6:29am

Any luck removing the back to see what if any date code is on the movement?