these Bulovas are cool. they are also sometimes misidentified by sellers who don't realize what they have. i have followed three auctions in the past year where non-functional examples of this watch went for well under $100. if i hadn't more projects than i could shake a stick at, i would have made one of them mine. it's a lovely watch, congrats.
Posts: 39 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: June 01, 2007
I wonder if International Dial could make an aged radium color like on my untouched green solid 14K barrel engraved? The original has a little less orange in the color than the paint they use.
Posts: 261 | Location: Chicago, Illinois USA | Registered: June 01, 2006
Of course you're correct, Bill; the engravings are only on the sides, so I should have been more careful and called this a Barrel Plain. Personally, I tend to prefer an unengraved bezel...
Posts: 261 | Location: Chicago, Illinois USA | Registered: June 01, 2006
Okay, here's my new bubbleback. It has a mirror-track dial, i.e. the inner track is reflective like a mirror as you rotate the watch -- but it's a demon to photograph...
Posts: 261 | Location: Chicago, Illinois USA | Registered: June 01, 2006
Nice Rolex Adam! -------------------------------------------- Except for one flaw, I think this is a nice looking watch(esp. considering the era it was made in Ca. 1970+/-). The watch is a Universal Unisonic in 18K. -Cort
Posts: 536 | Location: El Cerrito, California U.S.A. | Registered: October 04, 2004
The Unisonic is apparently an Accutron 218 that has been upgraded by Universal; hence the one flaw. The watch looks good, feels good and keeps time very well but.... that darn high pitched whine is something I couldn't get used to.
I already have tintinus in one ear (and I could tell you which concerts caused it too). The symptom is, I hear a high A flat in one ear, pretty much always. If I had to hear this watch all day too I'd have to quit watchwork and become a leading dissonent. -Cort p.s.-after looking at the last pic, I think the watch is crying for a better crystal too..
Posts: 536 | Location: El Cerrito, California U.S.A. | Registered: October 04, 2004
Here is a cal. 564 Constellation with original black pie-pan dial. Quick set date (I believe their first movement, ca. 1966, to have this; the crown acts as a pusher to advance the date). I took this photo last night at dusk, by the Chicago lakefront...
Posts: 261 | Location: Chicago, Illinois USA | Registered: June 01, 2006
Today I have just finished the restoration of this Hamilton Electric, Saturn model. The case style is same as for the 14K Spectra, but this case is gold-filled.
Posts: 423 | Location: West Walton, United Kingdom | Registered: November 16, 2005