June 18, 2010, 19:34
Stephen OllmanBulova Lone Eagle or Sky King?
Stephen, looks correct to me. Nice set!
Have you added them all to the
myBulova website yet?

June 19, 2010, 03:38
Stephen RobinsonI keep meaning to, but I just can't find the time

June 22, 2010, 19:01
Wayne HanleySteven Robinson,
Steven Ollman,
I just noticed that 1928/29/30 Bulova watch dial minute marker shape & sub-seconds bit shape emulate the shape of the case. Is this a hard fact? My "1930 Lone Eagle" having had it for a couple of years, I just this week attempted to authentic the watch. The case is a tonneau case. However, the dial minute marker is rectangular shape & sub-seconds bit shape does not emulate the shape of the case, it is also rectangular. The hands are very short in order to accomodate the rectangular minute marker. The movement is a AF13 15j tonneau shaped movement, that never in my research have seen in any Lone Eagle tonneau case. Please advise!

June 22, 2010, 19:21
Wayne HanleySky King from MyBulova.com, notice the dial does not emulate the shape of the case. Also notice Stephen Robinson's pic of the Sky King with the points on the case sides, the points on the minute markers & sub-seconds bit.
June 22, 2010, 19:28
Wayne HanleyStephen Robinson's cropped Sky King placed here for easy comparison. Notice case, dial minute marker & sub-seconds bit all have sharp coners. Should be a good discussion!
June 24, 2010, 08:54
Stephen OllmanWayne, I'd have to say that what you have is a mix-match of Lone Eagles. The casing and movement are that of a 1928/29 Tonneau Lone Eagle and the dial and hands are that of a 1931 Stepped Lone Eagle
June 24, 2010, 09:03
Stephen OllmanI believe that both dials are correct. Again probally a variant in the dial design.
I've seen models change case shapes between versions but the dials sometimes overlap.
A great example of this is the Lone Eagle Series. Have a look at the
http://www.mybulova.com/bulova-lone-eagle-story page and you'll see how the case changed over time and how the dials and hands also changes, but sort of overlapped case changes.
Stephen
June 24, 2010, 18:33
Wayne HanleyI betcha the Bulova designers are up there busting a gut laughing at us trying to figger what they didn't document.

June 25, 2010, 05:55
Stephen OllmanThey most certainly are.....

November 28, 2013, 12:54
Robert ButlerHi, the watch originally posted is called the "Apollo", and the ad can be seen here:
1931 Apollo