Bulova USN BUSHIPS?

timoss · Mar 14, 2023

What the heck is this? Is it a franken or is this the real thing? I can't find any info on these made by Bulova, which judging by style and movement (11ACC) would be for a 50s era military watch for the Bureau of Ships.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314456500235?hash=item493711680b:g:JFUAAOSwOG5kCv0l

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wagudc · Mar 14, 2023

Pretty sure that is a modern case. Second hand is funky and I am very skeptical about that dial, The movement and other hands might be from a WW2 military watch. Overall this is a hard pass.

wagudc · Mar 14, 2023

I just noticed that I have bought from that seller before. He sold me an Accutron that had a very sketchy repair job done on it. Thankfully my watchmaker was able to straighten everything out (new forks, new coil, etc.)

river rat · Mar 14, 2023

When I first got into collecting military watches about 15-20 years ago there was an eBay seller selling nothing but fake US WW2 watches. With a real movement but the movements could be from civilian watches of the period fake cases and hands and dials. Being a newbie, I got suckered once. Stay clear of this one could be a left over from the seller still swirling around eBay would not be surprised it's one of his. I gave it away could not sell a fake. Wished I knew what I know now about collecting back then.

timoss · Mar 14, 2023

Thanks for weighing in. Did Bulova even make any BUSHIPS watches? I can't seem to find proof that they existed at all.

Bulova USN BUSHIPS?

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