For exabple, If you have a Bulova watch with the stamp M3 then it was made in 1963. The code was usually stamped on the back of the watch case. If you want to wear it I would strongly recommend having it serviced as it's lubricants have most likely complete dried out, and even if it runs it won't run well and the lack of lubrication will cause damage. If there is no two symbols, it could be that your watch was made before 1948. Ladies watches of this vintage are not sought much by collectors, so the vast majority of it's value will be the gold content. (But probably much more practical than the cord strap that it would have come with). The Spiedel band is almost certainly a later addition. (See the Bulova Date Codes page at mybulova ) If you have the skill to open the watch and give us a good closeup look at the movement there may well be a date code there that will help as well. It's described as "Her Excellency, with concave tear-drop end-pieces". There's a 1949 advert on the mybulova site that has what looks like your watch (to the extent you can tell from a old ad), I can't find a way to give you a direct link, but if go here: then choose 4'th page at the bottom (to get to the 1949 ads), the one I'm looking at is the 5'th ad in the 3'rd row (trusting that the images do get re-arranged). ![]() ![]() The interesting thing is that the folks at have found a correlation between the first digit of the case serial number and the last digit of the manufacturing year. There is an article on Bulova in this month's Regulator.
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