Description: 1933 Maxim |
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| Model Name | Maxim |
| Case Date | 1933 |
| Case Serial | Inside: 3103199; Outside: 368063 |
| Signature Locations | Inside case |
| Case Signature Format | "Bulova Quality" |
| Movement | 10AT, 17 jewels, Unadjusted |
| Movement Date Code | 1932 |
| Movement Serial | 595314 |
| Case Material Description | No description stamped on case; two-tone yellow and white |
| Case Dimensions | 37mm lug to lug x 25.6mm without crown |
| Case Type | Single hinge, stepped, engraved |
| Crystal Specifications | 24.4mm x 15.8mm, tonneau (G-S T1103) |
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NOTES: This ID is somewhat tentative given the fact that the advertisement does not mention a two-tone case. We have only one ad for the Maxim, and it is a newspaper ad, which are typically not as clear or as detailed as magazine ads. So, we don't know if the two-tone detail was simply left-out of the description, or if there was a two-tone Maxim that simply wasn't being adressed by this particular ad. Currently, there are no other ads that show this watch, in either a single color or two-tone, as early as 1932. This two-tone version is identical in size and shape to the all white version shown here: 1932 Maxim. I have seen this watch elsewhere identified as a "Ranger", but all the ads for the Ranger--of which there are many--are significantly later in time. It seems more likely that the Ranger was a later rename of the Maxim. It also seems likely that both models were offered in single and two-tone colors, as was typical of watches in the 1930s. For more information on trends of the 1930s, visit Variations in Bulova Models of the 1930s.
1933 Maxim
