DESCRIPTION:
WW - Bulova Accutron, electronically controlled tuning fork, 33mm x 40mm to lug tips, 18mm lug width, original gold-plated base metal case with rolled gold-plate back, missing stainless steel retaining ring, engraved presentation on case back reads "Walt McVee, From FBI - Newark Associates, 3-3-52 To 1-27-78," expandable bracelet, original silvered dial with applied gold indices, day-date aperture at 3, 13J cal 218, s#F502340, triple signed. This watch includes an FBI badge sealed in Lucite with a plaque dedicated to Walter V. McVee as well as a signed photograph of J. Edgar Hoover to Walter dated 1954.
CONDITION:
Mvt: NR, fresh battery tested 2/17/2020 with no result, recommend a watchmaker's overhaul, fine-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, very light oxide; excellent dial shows light surface spotting; excellent gold hands; case shows ample wear with base metal showing through in several areas, case back shows ample pitting and has lost sections of the case where the retaining ring screws into, recommend a fresh case, multiple fine scratches on caseback, several dings on backs of lugs; original Accutron signed crown shows light wear; plastic crystal with several deep scratches. Additional badge and framed signed photograph show very little wear.
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$700
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