Thank you all (especially
@SeaSubRod) for your contributions in this illuminating thread. I love these watches and have been patiently hunting one for a while.
I have two questions on ‘Variant 3’ specifically if anyone can help. Firstly, it seems like whenever these watches have popped up for sale over the past few years, they are invariably NOS or close to NOS. Should this be cause for any concern?
Secondly, does this reference follow the Bulova date coding key? I ask because there often seems to be some ambiguity about the year of manufacture (or parts bin assembly depending on your point of view
). Does anyone here who has one know if the case or movement are stamped in line with the below?
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(Table from from pocketwatchrepair.com)
Cheers!
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