1946 Statesman
And yet we have this advert also from 1947 that shows the watch with same band as "His Excellency".
Technically speaking I believe both 'Statesmen' and 'His Excellency' are correct as it was during this period that Bulova introduced the 'His/Her Excellency' line of watches.
So I guess it all comes down to at what point in 1947 this watch was sold, but as I doubt we'll never know that we need to decide which model to go with.
Taking the movement into consideration as being from 1946, I might be more inclined to go the earlier release which would make it more a Bulova Statesman 'A' than a HE.
In reply to Interesting to see the change by MGD001
Adverts list here aren't in order of publication, only grouped by year. However the time time for these 'Excellency Group' models is some what clear.
1946 most went by a particular name but with the "Excellency Group" of watches. Then sometime in 1947 they were all rebadged as His/Her Excellency with a variant added to distinguish them from one another.