Description: 1932 Calendar Watch |
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Model Name |
Calendar Watch |
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Case Date |
1932 |
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Case Serial |
2227763 |
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Signature Locations |
Inside case, movement, dial |
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Case Signature Format |
"Bulova Quality" |
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Movement |
10AC, 15 Jewels, Unadjusted, Swiss |
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Movement Date Code |
1932 |
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Movement Serial |
576625 |
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Case Material Description |
None indicated (yellow, gold) |
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Case Dimensions |
33.25mm lug to lug x 26.5mm without crown (26.5mm without lugs) |
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Case Type |
Single-hinged, square |
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Crystal Specifications |
21.5mm x 19.8mm, rectangular |
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Other Details |
1927 patent date inside case Dust shield and ring intact Number on back of case: 301116 |
NOTES: I have seen one other example of a similar calendar watch from this same time. It was tonneau shaped, similar to the one shown in the 1935 Swartchild & Co Catalog excerpt included below, except the calendar window was at the 3 position instead of under the twelve. The one shown in the catalog is quite close to mine--just a different case shape--and shows that Bulova did produce these early calendar watches.
A recently discovered advertisement (shown below) now verifies that Bulova introduced the Calendar Watch at the same time as the Jump Hour, i.e., toward the close of 1932.
1932 Calendar Watch
