Well here we go gents. This is a complete gentlemen's evening set Bulova must have produced on a very limited basis as I have never seen anything like this after scouring for the past few months.
It shows very nicely with a 1948 Unknown Bulova men's watch sporting a 10BC, 15 Jewel movement. It comes with cufflinks, a tie clip, and a wallet chain? All are in fantastic shape. The box itself is marked Bulova and seems to be a alligator-esk covering.
I've not seen this dial before and it's been suggested by Bourg01 that this set may have been offered exclusively in the European market. This is possibly supported by the back case of the watch being marked on the inside as Made in France. Though it doesn't seem to be marked Bulova, so it could possibly be a recase.
This band looks very familiar and I'm almost positive I've seen this band in a Bulova ad someplace.
Anyway gents... here it is. I'm less than optimistic this one will be found quickly... but here's to hoping!
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Wow. For what it's worth, I have come across full boxes of replacement cases, complete with dials for many well known watches, ( Solar, Birks, Marvin, Doxa, etc) I haven't come across a Bulova, though. There was a very active market for this type of thing, because watchmakers could restore a given worn-out watch to like-new appearance easily. A lot of companies outsourced their cases in the first place, so I guess it shouldn't be surprising that they may have authorized aftermarket case replacement 'kits'. Or maybe they weren't authorized. It was a perfectly acceptable practice at the time to install replacement movements into customer's watches when it was more economical to do so, rather than repair a given movt. This practice continues today, where a watch will come in requiring a full service, ( or even just regulation) and the movt is removed and a new one is intsalled, either factory new or refurbished. (Breitling, Omega, Cartier, Hamilton, Tissot, etc etc) It costs less to do this than have the watchmaker take the several hours needed to do an on the spot overhaul and adjustment. I know because I did it. I questioned it more than once, but was more often than not discouraged from doing any repair, regardless of how easy or quick it would be. I can say I didn't much care for working in repair depots.....
Anyway, the set looks amazing, regardless of it's origins.