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My new Bulova MIL-W-22176 USN dive watch
As some of you have been following an ebay auction of a very early Bulova US Navy about a month ago. I was lucky fly to Las Vegas to pick up the watch in person this week. I ended up with a very cool and early Tr-900 style watch made by Bulova in 1958. If you google (Prototype Bulova Udt) you will get some great info on this dive watch. Here are some photo of this rare US Navy issued watch. My watch is missing its bezel so i will be having Jack at iww fabricate a new one. The last photo is a example that sold a few years ago. Brian
My new Bulova MIL-W-22176 USN dive watch
As some of you have been following an ebay auction of a very early Bulova US Navy about a month ago. I was lucky fly to Las Vegas to pick up the watch in person this week. I ended up with a very cool and early Tr-900 style watch made by Bulova in 1958. If...
First of all, congratulations, Brian. You just caught a sea snake!
A Myth, a legend, if you prefer. Now tell me, I alwauys thought that this Bulova was a proto, and that there were only a few, maybe 3, maybe 4, maybe a little more, made. Does that mean that there were not only protos, but " definitive " watches? Best, Ni...
This is the first issued Bulova!
Nico you are correct about the rarity of this watch(only 4 total). The three other watches were all prototypes but this one is a issued watch to the US Navy. In 1959 some of the watches were tested and this is what they had to say about the Bulova: "The c...
Congratulations, Brian.
Good to know that this one went to a good home. As far as only 4 watches being made, if you add up the serial numbers in the NEDU reports, there are at least 8 different serial numbers mentioned. Not that that suddenly makes the watch common! Manual dive ...
only 4!
I never said they made only 4. I said there are only 4 known! They might have made a couple hundred of these beauties? Who knows?
Crazy find Brian!! Super congrats!!
Would love to get together sometime to see it in person!! When I get my few other pieces, let's set up sometime ;) Best, Jon
incredible find
congratulations brian. i love it. great job! can't wait to see it with the bezel. rich
perfect, brian! i was in contact with the seller for a while, but...
he seemed a strange character and i´m too far away to trust him with that kind of money. he was asking 15 k for a non bezel example... then he wanted to buy one of my bezels, but could not come up with an offer. i do not sell them and need them for restor...
Welldone Brian, you did very well!!....
I followed this story of the seller / watch as well, and you managed to get through all the mess. Can't wait to see the end result!! Again, big congratulations my friend. I'm glad a Purist Fathomisti has captured this beautie! Cheers Tony
Thanks Tony he has
burned many people. I feel very lucky to have picked up the watch! Brian
Congratulations!
A very rare watch! May be impossible to see another one... I will wait for your photos when the watch will have the new bezel. Thank you!