1951 Vintage Mens BULOVA 'Darwind' Selfwinding Gold Watch - 10k rgp Early Auto

PLEASE ALLOW TIME FOR LARGE PHOTOS TO LOAD Rare 1951 Gents Vintage Bulova Darwind Watch Here we have an original Bulova early Self Winding watch dating back to 1951 named the Darwind model. The watch is in good condition throughout and is fully working and keeping good time. The watch is Bulova signed on the case, crown, dial and movement and also date coded L1 on the case and movement. The watch comes complete with a genuine leather band and looks great on the wrist. The watch is best noted for its rare and early auto wind movement, sleek tanq style (very rare for an automatic) and its unique angled crystal. The original Bulova signed case, which is in great condition, has a long curved rectangular design with multi angled sides and matching solid lugs. The ends of the case also have a double angle and are arched. The whole piece is a rich 10k rolled gold and shows minimal rub to the bezel and just a touch to the back corners. The back is fully signed by Bulova including the L1 date code. The case measures approximately 39mm x 24mm. The original Bulova signed dial is again in good condition . It is a pearled silver with a black outer minute track and a set of raised, shiny gold numbers at the hour positions. The 6 position holds a neat sub second dial that has a sunken centre. It is fully signed with "BULOVA Selfwinding" below the 12 and "SWISS" at the very bottom. It shows up very well for a 61 year old piece with just light age/wear. The rare lucite crystal has a triple angle design and is in excellent condition. This is newly fitted old stock specifically made for this model. The watch is running on the original and rare Bulova 9AB automatic winding movement which is keeping good time. This model was seen mostly in Bulova's Duo-Wind range. The watch comes complete with 18mm leather band. So this is a watch you can wind manually to start her up which will keep powered up whilst worn. These don't come on the market often and this is not to be missed. BULOVA The Bulova Corporation was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, at a small premises in Maiden Lane , New York City . As time passed Bulova set up its own Swiss watch manufacturing plant and shipped the high grade movements to The United States to be fitted in their quality cases. In 1920, Bulova moved to 580 Fifth Avenue, New York where it engaged in the ambitious project of building the first observatory to ever be constructed on the top of a skyscraper. By the 1930s the Art Deco era hit USA and Bulova along with Hamilton , Elgin and Gruen watch companies made some of the most stunning watches to date right up into the 1970's, and this watch is one of them. A really unique and rare watch. STARTING AT JUST £4.99 AND WITH NO RESERVE THIS IS A TRUE AUCTION STYLE LISTING WHERE THE HIGHEST BIDDER ALWAYS WINS. THE STARTING PRICE DOES NOT REFLECT THE TRUE VALUE OF THIS WATCH, BUT WE RECOGNISE THE ELEMENT OF FUN FOR BIDDERS IN A LOW STARTING NO RESERVE AUCTION Our Fair Play Policy We rarely set a reserve price so the highest bidder always wins We never charge a handling fee on top of postage & packing We always have low, set Post and Packing so you know what you are paying (see Info/terms below) We endeavour to make each transaction as hassle free as we can and have clear terms and returns policy. NEW Postage Details We never make any profits on postage and packaging and charge as near to exact postage as we can, infact usually to the exact (check the label when it arrives). We post items Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9am which means items are usually sent within 48hrs of cleared payment. Due to new eBay rules we are now only allowed to send items fully insured with tracking. This means all items to the UK will be sent by Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm which receives special handling from Royal Mail (not chucked through the normal post machines) and covers up to £500 or £1000. We only charge you what Royal Mail Charge us, £5.90. Postal Insurance is there to protect both the buyer and seller. For overseas buyers there is no change in prices or methods, we always... read more