Hi Addictedtowatches,

Thats an elegant looking watch you have there and a great find.Just looking over the photos in particular
the date window looks like the inexperienced folk have already been inside and maybe that`s why it is not running.Any
chance of a movement pic.
cheers,
Apollonaught.

 

I actually had it apart before to fix the date wheel. Someone put a gear in upside down... Anyway I don't think i want to dismantle it anymore for a movement pic and the case back is almost built into the movement anyway. It's a shame someone played with it.

 

Yes it is a shame,it sounds tricky to work on and wise not to risk further damage.I have a very thin seiko quartz watch and after
three attemps at replacing the battery i finally got it.I have heard somewhere that a greasy thumb print on the battery can be enough to break its tiny circuit.

All the best,
Apollonaught.

 

It's a shame the disco era is gone.....That would really go with some of my dusty shirts.....

 

Shame it doesn't work, that would have been a cool watch in it's day.
Is it back set?
Matt

 

It is indeed backset, if you look at the case back pic the circle with the hole in it is turned to manually set the date and the button is pressed for the time.

 

That's a cool looking watch. That must have been something special back in the day...

 

It's cool, it's thin, but it's not this thin...

 

As a Bulova collector, I would love to add one of them to my collection. They are probably near impossible to find I bet.

 

If you know the make and model of ther movement you might be able to find a working one.

 

I don't know, I couldn't find more than one example of them on ebay. I would think the model would be easy enough to find out because it was a special watch for Timex though.

 

Here's the one off the bay.

And here's the link to the original auction, you can cry like I did at the price then...

Bulova Phantom | eBay

 

Here's the one off the bay.

And here's the link to the original auction, you can cry like I did at the price then...

Bulova Phantom | eBay

And cry I may... That is insane, it's thinner than the strap!

 

Bulova didn't hold the record for long, the Seiko came out in 1980, then later the same year Seiko was beaten by Concord's Delirium, at 0.98 mm.

The Delirium could not actually be worn for any amount of time, as the movement was so fragile any strain on the band broke the movement.
The Seiko was ugly, I think, so the Bulova is still the winner in my eyes!

 

Here it is after I fixed the date wheel and next to 2 stacked quarters for comparison.

 

Being a huge fan of Timex and consider them the best watch company on the planet (my personal opinion) I have to say to you sir.... I'm terribly jealous!

Congratulations!

Peace,
Preston

 

Thank you sir. I am also a big fan of Timex and consider myself incredibly luck to own this piece.

 

These aren't quartz...but I thought my mechanical watches were fairly thin (and that's with a domed crystal...without the plastic and angled lugs...they're fairly thin anyway!).

They aren't anything close to yours, though!

 

Nice Bulovas there! Models?

 

Thanks, buddy!

'59 Sea King on top, '63 Surf King on the bottom!

I, however, was not trying to hijack your thread! Just wanted to share what are my thinnest watches -- no where close to yours!!

 

Nice, never a bad time for Bulova my friend.

 

Thanks, buddy. One of these weekends I need to attack our Bulova thread head on!

 

Yep I've gained a couple since then, maybe I'll add em.