CASE: 36.3 mm lug to lug
DIAL: with the inscription Bulova Caracas
posted in 2020.04.22
Looks like a great example of a 1955 Bulova Lenox. We have another similar example of the Bulova Lenox here.
I did some digging, and it seems pretty certain that your watch had "Maximo Blum" between "Bulova" and "Caracas" that was cleaned off or intentionally removed. I found several same time period Bulovas on Google marked in this fashion.
The info I found was a bit confusing, but I am guessing he was a jeweler or importer/exporter of watches to/from Venezuela? Perhaps an office in NYC and also Caracas.
I found Bulova watches, as well as clocks face marked in this fashion. I started by Google searching "Caracas Bulova" and was led to "Maximo Blum Caracas Bulova".
Text is from Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws, Volume 84
This is pure speculation; A possibility is that he bought Bulovas in NYC, disassembled them into parts to avoid tariffs and custom fees, stamped the face and shipped them to a location in Caracas where they were re-assembled and sold.
That said, 1955 Bulova Lenox
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