Bulova 1978 Clipper

Submitted by charles187 on January 24, 2012 - 4:20pm
Manufacture Year
1978
Movement Model
ETA 2879
Movement Jewels
17
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
-
Case shape
Cushion
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Here we have a N8 automatic daydate watch with an 17 jewels  ETA 2879 movement (above the numbers are also the letters CW shown, the ETA sign is left of this). It says dual-day and automatic set-o-matic on the dial. It comes with an original Bulova,  guess goldfilled, watchband (is not stated on band nore on case or back). The daydate has a quickset and two languages: french and english. No Bulova crown. Back has N8 on it. The crystal is 30mm, case (without crown) is 35 and 40mm lug to lug. I had the movement completely overhauled by my watchmaker Albert Koopman and a new crystal was placed. N ow I only have to polish the case and band. Some specifications of the ETA caliber from http://ranfft.de website Features automatic sweep second day: quickset, 2 languages  date: quickset
optional hack feature  Data 11.5''', Dm= 25.6mm, Do= 26.0mm H= 5.65mm T= 2.65mm 17/21/25 jewels f = 21600 A/h power reserve 50h  Main spring  1.30 x 10.5 x 0.10mm

Bulova N8 set-o-matic dual-day watch
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FifthAvenueRes…
Posted December 10, 2012 - 6:21am

Record for review.

William Smith
Posted December 10, 2012 - 10:02pm

Several charactoristics in common w/ clipper ads, but no matching ad.  SOme of those ads are from 5-7 years earlier than subject watch.

Unknown

bobbee
Posted December 11, 2012 - 2:27am

Unknown.

mybulova_admin
Posted December 11, 2012 - 5:32am

Enought for a tentaitive Clipper model call?

Geoff Baker
Posted December 11, 2012 - 7:28am

I say no, we're to the point in Bulova history where watches no longer have names but only those five digit model numbers. I think the series is a direction but only if the watch is actually displayed in the ad. If one of the watches - from this ad - was posted I would argue to list it only by that five digit number, or maybe "Clipper Variant 12561". This watch, I'm afraid, is fast becoming an Unknown.

William Smith
Posted January 26, 2013 - 5:29pm

This had been previously ID'ed as a Set-O-Matic, but was changed upon review to unknown.  The Set-O-Matic "name" is used for some of these watches in DB, while other examples are now "Unknown" or have tentative model names.  It's a work in progress, so we may wanna think about the other "Set-O-Matic's" in the database to be consistent.

charles187
Posted January 26, 2013 - 6:04pm

Hi, nice that you do all this effort to hang a name on this one. I would obtain for clipper

as in the ad the all have the dual-day and automatic set-o-matic on them aswell.

William Smith
Posted January 26, 2013 - 6:17pm

Admin's large Clipper ad from above is dated 1978, so these have model series names (well....Clipper Collection) and model numbers- the numbers are most likely the actual model name??? So do we consider tentative Clipper unknown variant, based on traits, or leave as unknown?   I guess we've voted on that question already...hense the current unknown....
 

JimDon5822
Posted August 26, 2019 - 12:00am

Would this not be considered a Set O Matic as the dial says?  Here is and ad from 1979 showing the model "C" including the same bracelet so it is original to the watch. 

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