Size | Large 35mm (without crown) |
Dial |
Perfect light bronze dial with no blemish or defect, small raised bar markers for the hours with black minute tick markers around outer edge and marked Accutron at 9 o'clock. Date aperture window trimmed in silver at 3 o'clock. Hour and minute hands in silver with green lume (with some discoloration) and a second hand with a "tuning fork" design at inside end |
Case |
Stainless steel case in perfect condition with screw down ring in back holding in the lid. Lid signed Bulova with serial B01556 and date code of NO (1970). Inscription says "J.H.Swiger, 25 Years Service, C&P Telephone" |
Movement |
Fitted with a Bulova Accutron 2181 electric movement which has a new battery and is running perfectly and is offered with with a 6-month mechanical warranty. |
Strap |
Speidel stainless steel stretch bracelet with a really cool C&P Telephone (one of the Ma Bell companies) bracelet link showing a gold (likely 14K) "Ma Bell" telephone logo and inset with 3 diamonds that provide quite a glitter |
Age | 1970 |
Crown | Signed silver crown (Accutron Tuning Fork logo) |
Other | C&P Telephone Company of Maryland was founded in 1884 as The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City. It changed its name to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland on January 3, 1956, and the corporate name at this point changed to C&P Telephone. In 1984, when the Bell System was divided into the Regional Bell Operating Companies, or "Baby Bells", the C&P Telephone companies became part of Bell Atlantic. |
SKU | 2303 |