US Issued Bulova A17A Navigation watch

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US Issued Bulova A17A Navigation watch

Post by River Rat » Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:15 pm

Been I while since I bought a US issued watch this size the WW2 and Korean war era watches were on the smaller size. Some years back I was looking for a birth year watch wanted a military issued one but 1958 slim so settled for a civilian Omega Seamaster instead. Well saw this Bulova A-17A with L-8 date code on movement for 1958 so now I got two birth year watches. Well on another forum saw some with one on a aged leather bund strap one thing a bund strap does is make smaller watches look bigger. So now I am on the hunt for a bund strap that looks aged and not cheap. This model sure has a large crown. Got it cheap the dial had me a little worried but it better than I thought it would be. Was going to have the dial relumed but might keep it this way.

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Re: US Issued Bulova A17A Navigation watch

Post by hobbit712 » Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:04 am

Nice! Congrats!
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Re: US Issued Bulova A17A Navigation watch

Post by rockmastermike » Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:25 am

love the larger crown that was one of the first things I noticed.
another sweet pickup, Mike

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Re: US Issued Bulova A17A Navigation watch

Post by River Rat » Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:35 pm

Got a better dial for it' The lume was so black was hard to see n low light.
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Post by Wario406 » Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:59 pm

River Rat wrote:Got a better dial for it' The lume was so black was hard to see n low light.
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Nice watch. Congrats - and, we’re equally old fucks born in ‘58. Funny how as time passes Im now one of the oldest guys in the room on meetings.
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