sorry to be getting to the party late, but there have been so many good parties these last few days (and you fellas seem to be making good progress without me).

this is one of the classic Poor Man's Heuers -- manufactured by Heuer, in its factory, for Bulova. same movement; same case (with the "Heuer" name deleted); same hands . . . as one expert told me recently, the only difference was the name on the dial (and these dials, in fact, came out from the same dial maker).

this was similar to Heuer's arrangements with some of the other "poor man's" brands -- Zodiac and Hamilton come to mind as similar examples. everything was identical except for the name on the dial (and the price).

I have seen these Bulovas from time to time, though they are rare. With your permission, I would like to add these photos to our "Poor Man's" page.

thanks for your messages.

Jeff

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: David: Pardon me if I sounded harsh, not my
: intention, I am just trying to find the
: connection between those 2 watches.
: My first impression when I opened the back of
: my watch was that some mechanism pieces
: where missing, upon closer inspection and
: mechanism test I realized it is complete,
: that is when I started searching for a
: similar movement in this pages by the way
: thanks for your answer, so far the only one,
: I do believe this forum is for everybody to
: learn new things.
: There is no doubt in my mind this case was made
: by either Heuer or the same factory that
: manufactured for Heuer (If that was the case
: then) there is even a matching Heuer case
: reference number and serial, take a look at
: the hands, top push button, bezel, etc. I
: have looked everywhere and found no
: information on this model (In Bulova
: literature, all the Bulova markings are
: there so I do not believe this watch to be
: Franken).
: Well, somebody eventually will come forward
: with information on the history of this
: variation (If I can call it that).
: Thanks a lot for your information and I will
: keep searching for more information on the
: subject.