NEAR MINT~LARGE '65 BULOVA AMBASSADOR MICRO-ROTOR~SERVICED WITH BOX

NEAR MINT~LARGE '65 BULOVA AMBASSADOR MICRO-ROTOR~SERVICED WITH BOX

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FOR SALE IS A SUPER RARE LARGE CASED 1965 BULOVA AMBASSADOR MICRO-ROTOR AUTOMATIC IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL BOX. JUST SERVICED.

 

CASE: EXTREMELY SHARP MONOCOQUE CASE MEASURING A LARGE 38mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 40mm LUG TO LUG. SUCH A FUNKY CASE DESIGN FOR 1965....ESPECIALLY FOR BULOVA. CHECK OUT THAT ORIGINAL FACTORY BRUSHED TOP WITH THE POLISHED SIDES AND THOSE INTERESTING CHAMFERS ON THE INSIDE OF THE LUGS VERY REMINISCENT OF SEIKO DESIGN LANGUAGE WHICH WAS STARTING TO EMERGE AROUND THAT TIME. SOME VERY MINOR DINGS ON THE EDGE OF THE CROWN SIDE LUG WHICH ARE REALLY UNOBTRUSIVE. I LOVE THE BULOVA BALLERINA ON THE BACK. WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS CASE STAND OUT IS ITS SIZE. THIS IS A BIG WATCH FOR THE TIME AND WEARS EVEN LARGER DUE TO THAT LARGE DIAL AND SUPER THIN BEZEL. 

 

DIAL: MINIMALISM AND SIMPLICITY DEFINED.  I LOVE THE WIDE OPEN EXPANSES ON THIS LARGE SILVER DIAL. THE FINISHING IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL AND VERY SUBTLE WITH A LIGHT VERTICAL BRUSHED ON THAT METALLIC DIAL. I LOVE THOSE RIDGED STEEL MARKERS AT 12/3/6/9. THE APPLIED BULOVA MARKER LOOKS LOVELY, AND I LOVE THE CURSIVE FONT THEY USE FOR "AMBASSADOR" WHICH LETS YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T THE RUN OF THE MILL BULOVA. THE LONG THIN ELEGANT DAGGER STYLE HANDS ARE IN MINT CONDITION AND FINISH OFF THIS FACE WITH PANACHE.

 

MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 30 JEWEL BULOVA 12EBAC(BUREN 1320) SWISS MICRO-ROTOR AUTOMATIC WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SERVICED(PIC IS FROM THE WATCHMAKER'S BENCH) AND IS RUNNING LIKE A TOP.  I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THIS MOVEMENT WAS OFFERED.

 

WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A SUPPLE CALF-LEATHER STRAP WHICH REALLY FITS TASTEFULLY ON THIS BEAUTY. THIS WATCH IS A TOTAL ANOMALY. I'VE NEVER RUN INTO ANYTHING ELSE QUITE LIKE IT BEFORE. THE AMBASSADOR LINE WAS BULOVA'S LUXURY OFFERING IN THE 60s MADE TO COMPETE WITH THE UNIVERSAL GENEVE WITH ITS MICRO-ROTOR AUTOMATIC AS WELL AS THE OTHER BIG HITTERS OF THE TIME. THE FINISHING ON THESE IS WAY BEYOND THE COMMON OFFERINGS BY BULOVA OF THE ERA. THIS ONE IS UNIQUE BECAUSE MOST OF THE OTHER PIECES BY THE BRAND WERE IN THE 33-35mm RANGE. AT 38mm, THIS WAS A BIG WATCH IN 1965, AND IT WEARS AMAZINGLY. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER LIKE THIS ONE. TO THROW A NICE CHERRY ON-TOP, THIS ONE COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL BOX. IF YOU ARE A TRUE BULOVA FAN, THIS IS ONE YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO OBTAIN FOR YOUR COLLECTION AND KEEP LOCKED AWAY.