Description:  1941 Christine

Model Name

Christine

Case Date

Unknown

Case Serial

B627387

Signature Locations

Inside case, outside case, movement, dial

Case Signature Format

Inside - "Bulova, Fifth Ave, New York"

Outside - "Bulova"

Movement

5AB, 17 Jewels, Unadjusted

Movement Date Code

1941

Case Material Description

10K Gold Filled (yellow)

Case Dimensions

22.5mm lug to lug x 14.2mm without crown

Case Type

Snap back, rectangular

Crystal Specifications

10.5mm, square (G-S S315)

Other Details

 

NOTES:  This is one of a growing number of watches in my collection that has a serial number beginning with a letter rather than a number.  I now have examples of this phenomenon dating from 1941 to 1949.  This serial number configuration is quite common starting in 1955, but is not the norm for the 1940s.  The significance or meaning of the various leading letters is not yet known.  It is worth noting that I only see this serial number format in ladies' models prior to 1955; from that date forward, it occurs in both men's and ladies' models.  There is no date code on the case itself, and there is an inside signature, which means the case fits the profile of an earlier, rather than later, time frame.   I feel comfortable using the movement date code as the best way to date this watch.  

 

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1940 Christine

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