FOR SALE IS A HANDSOME AND DRESSY MEN'S 1970 RARE BULOVA BLUE SEA KING WITH THAT FRIENDLY LITTLE WHALE.
CASE: EXCELLENT CONDITION ALL-STEEL SURF-KING CASE MEASURING A 32.5mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL CROWN BY 39.5mm LUG TO LUG. THERE ARE SOME MINOR SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE BUT IN OVERALL VERY SHARP AND UNPOLISHED . I LOVE THE WAY THIS CASE WEARS ON THE WRIST WITH THE THIN BEZEL/WIDE DIAL AND LONG LUG TO LUG WHICH MAKE IT FEEL MORE LIKE A 34-35mm WATCH.
DIAL: HERE'S SOME SUBTLE PSYCHEDELIA FOR YOU. CHECK OUT THIS VIVID DEEP BLUE MATTE DIAL IN PHENOMENAL CONDITION. I JUST LOVE THOSE SHARP AND EDGY PROMINENT NUMERALS WHICH GIVE THIS ONE A CERTAIN ELECTRICITY. THOSE ALTERNATING BIFURCATED ARROW MARKERS LOOK LIKE LETHAL ARROW HEADS. AND, HOW COOL ARE THOSE PERFECTLY PRESERVED LUME PLOTS WITH JUST A HINT OF PATINA WHICH MATCH PERFECTLY WITH THAT AGED TRITIUM ON THOSE CLEAN STICK HANDS. THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS THE LITTLE SEA KING WHALE. THIS DIAL MAY BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE BULOVA DESIGNS.
MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 17 JEWEL SWISS MADE IN-HOUSE BULOVA 11BLL MANUAL WINDER WHICH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND RUNNING FLAWLESSLY. THIS ONE JUST CAME BACK FROM A SERVICE ON 9/1/2018 AND IS READY FOR ACTION.
WATCH COMES MOUNTED ON A LUXURIOUS HAND MADE TEXTURED FLAT STITCHLESS TAPERED STRAP MADE CUSTOM FOR RETROWATCHGUY.COM. THE SEA KING LINE OF BULOVA WATCHES ARE SOME OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE IN MY OPINION. THE LITTLE WHALE WAS AN INDICATOR OF HIGHER WATER RESISTANCE AND RUGGEDNESS PACKED IN A CLASSY AND ELEGANT PACKAGE. THIS BLUE DIAL'D VARIANT HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST INTRIGUING AND ATTRACTIVE. HERE IS A SUPER CLEAN EXAMPLE READY TO HIT THE SEA.
