Description: 1932 Calendar Watch |
|
|
Model Name |
Calendar Watch |
|
Case Date |
1932 |
|
Case Serial |
2227763 |
|
Signature Locations |
Inside case, movement, dial |
|
Case Signature Format |
"Bulova Quality" |
|
Movement |
10AC, 15 Jewels, Unadjusted, Swiss |
|
Movement Date Code |
1932 |
|
Movement Serial |
576625 |
|
Case Material Description |
None indicated (yellow, gold) |
|
Case Dimensions |
33.25mm lug to lug x 26.5mm without crown (26.5mm without lugs) |
|
Case Type |
Single-hinged, square |
|
Crystal Specifications |
21.5mm x 19.8mm, rectangular |
|
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
The image gallery is empty.