I took my 1959 Bulova over to the local watch shop to get cleaned up a bit last week, finally got it back today...Although not everything could be cleaned to perfection (dial, hands..hey, its a '59!) Looks 20 times better than before! Let me know your thoughts.
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After:
"Find out what it is in life you don't do well...and don't do that thing."
Thanks for posting.
I love these classic Bulovas. I think they offer one of the best values for money of any vintage brand. This one is a particularly nice model.
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. ~ Victor Hugo
The lugs and starburst dial are real feaures of that watch!
I used to have that exact watch! Where'd you get it?
it is a super cool dial and scalloped bezel in person, pictures never seemed to capture it in all it's glory. I had to let it go based solely on it's size. It was way too small on my wrist.
I can't remember, did that one have an American or German auto movement in it?
| Precista PRS3 |Seiko PVD BFK | Casio Riseman | Wittau 7750 | 1940's Bulova Tank | Orient Black Mako | Marvin Handwind | Lyndon AutoChrono | 40's Movado Bumper | 60's Benrus Auto | Hamilton 4992B WWII Issued PW |They are alive, because they are the physical shape of the action of a living power—of the mind that had been able to grasp the whole of this complexity, to set its purpose, to give it form… they are alive, but their soul operates them by remote control. Their soul is in every man who has a capacity equal to this achievement. Should the soul vanish from the earth, the motors would stop because that is the force which keeps them going - not the oil ...- not the steel cylinders that would have become spots of rust on the walls of the caves of shivering savages- the power of a living mind, the power of thought and choice and purpose.
Might be Bulova 10BPAC.
bidfun-db Archive: Watch Movements: Bulova 10BPA
There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. ~ Victor Hugo
Yeah, that looks like what was in mine. American made!
| Precista PRS3 |Seiko PVD BFK | Casio Riseman | Wittau 7750 | 1940's Bulova Tank | Orient Black Mako | Marvin Handwind | Lyndon AutoChrono | 40's Movado Bumper | 60's Benrus Auto | Hamilton 4992B WWII Issued PW |They are alive, because they are the physical shape of the action of a living power—of the mind that had been able to grasp the whole of this complexity, to set its purpose, to give it form… they are alive, but their soul operates them by remote control. Their soul is in every man who has a capacity equal to this achievement. Should the soul vanish from the earth, the motors would stop because that is the force which keeps them going - not the oil ...- not the steel cylinders that would have become spots of rust on the walls of the caves of shivering savages- the power of a living mind, the power of thought and choice and purpose.
Really nice...I love the elegance of vintage Bulova watches. Your watch cleaned up nicely.
Thanks all, I'm pretty sure it was American made. Although it's small on my wrist, I think I'll keep this one around.
"Find out what it is in life you don't do well...and don't do that thing."
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