This watch was recently given to me by my grandfather. We believe that it belonged to his mother who died about 15 years ago at the age of 100. I am looking to identify it.
Searching online this ******Active auction links removed by admin - Not allowed per site rules******************* are the most similar watches I've found. The former has the same triple-points in the design on the front, and the latter has the same engraving pattern alone the sides of the watch as can be seen next to the crown.
Regardless of what the latter link above might indicate, I've been given reason to believe that this may be from the 1920s primarily due to its art deco design. I also found an engraved circle on the movement (https://mybulova.com/bulova-date-codes), which would indicate that it was made in 1925, 1934, or 1944.
On the movemement are the engravings "Bulova Watch Co.", "USA", "Fifteen 15 Jewels", "Adjusted", "6AF", and lastly "RS", and "AF" at the regulator.
On the exterior of the rear casing are the engravings "551586" and "10K Rolled Gold Plate".
On the interior of the rear casing are the hand-engravings which I've interpreted as "A6/111/3", "12/1/07", and "J518942". Only the first of which can be read with the naked eye and can be seen in the photo as my phone camera simply isn't capable of making out the extremely small etchings of the other two. I have low confidence that I interpreted the second engraving correctly, but high confidence that I interpreted the third engraving correctly. I'm not sure if the third is meant to be the movement serial number. If so, it's rather odd to me that it's hand-engraved rather than done by machine like that on the exterior of the casing.
I should note that it runs and the interior plastic dustcover is in place. Also, the strap is marked as "Gemex 1/20-12KT Gold Filled Made in USA".
I agree that the Constance watch shown in the advert is the same as the watch shown on watchophilia, how I feel that the subject watch and the two other examples we have on site do not match. Certainly the caes is a match, but not the dial.
I'm still at unknown.
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It would definitely be interesting if someone could someday find records of what dials were officially offered for each casing though. That would then give some indication of when it's actually the same model and when it's a Frankenstein. Given that we have three examples of this same casing with the same dial though, it seems more likely that this specific combination was officially offered.
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I am still on the Unknown column. The Constance is a center second watch with a distinct dial that matches the ad. This example, as the others listed as unknown, have no second hand and a different dial. We now have three examples so I believe this is its own distinct model. Alex can you confirm that Bulova would have had a center second option and one without for the same watch model? I do not believe they did.
Bulova had a Center second model and called it the Florence Nightingale. It is a different model though. The Center second movement is based on the 6AF and could easily fitted in any case. Hence I need to check the origin of the ad to see who advertised it it could be a jobbers job.
The ad is from Morris, a Bulova dealer from the first hour in Wilkes-barre so the name Constance is probably correct. The seconds indicator makes it a nurse watch which Bulova would name after a nurse like they did with the Florence Nightingale. I do find a famous nurse with the name Constance: Constance Mabel Keys from Australia. Although I believe the subject watch uses the same case as the Constance, Bulova would probably name the nurse version different from the regular version. Hence: unknown.