Thank you for you kind words.
For some reason the whole tone of his post and critique was wrong:

"This guy was under discussion a couple of years ago in NAWCC. Check http://mb.nawcc.org/showthread.php?t=51699
The lettering type on the dial looks OK for Bulova.
The 1163 case looks not so nice in this overpolished version... "

First of all why make a reference to a post made 2 years ago somewhere else ?
Second I did not ask for opinions on the condition of the watch, I know what it is, I own it.
Finally I am not in the habit of badmouthing other people's watches so this was quite surprising.

: Taking a step back, it looks to me as if Guilherme is just stating
: a personal preference, from the understanding that the Bulova
: has a different factory finish from the equivalent Heuer, i.e.
: he prefers the brushed finish to the polished, which seems fair
: enough to me. It's not a criticism at all that I can see.

: I would imagine that the case finish was originally the same, but
: that at some point in its life your Bulova has been polished. It
: happens, and we have commented on it on a number of other
: watches in the past. We have a number of watchmakers posting
: here who are very capable of returning it to a brushed finish,
: and have shown before and after photos. In fact, in my reply to
: Stewart a couple of threads before this one, I make reference to
: barrel Carreras that have been polished too.

: You'll see an entire spectrum of views on refinishing of all sorts
: all throughout the forum and I hope no-one is sitting in
: judgement on the watches, they just know what's right for them.
: I have watches with very evident scratches on the case (more
: like gauges in some cases) and I am happy with them, thinking of
: the scratches as the scars and wear of 40 years of life. Someone
: else might prefer to have them buffed out. Neither one of us is
: right or wrong, we just have different preferences. Which takes
: me right back to where I started.