{"id":3107,"date":"2014-05-31T01:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T01:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2015-08-07T23:06:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T23:06:39","slug":"bulova-30-jewel-self-winding-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=3107","title":{"rendered":"Bulova 30 Jewel Self-Winding Watch (Commander E)&#8211;Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to branch out a bit from my Elgin collecting. \u00a0To that end I bought a Bulova automatic with 3o jewels. \u00a0Beyond that, I know little else about this watch.<\/p>\n<p>Update: \u00a0Thanks to Hawk53 at Watch Talk Forums, it seems it is a 1965 Commander E. \u00a0And from Oliverb I learned that the code on the back, M5 dates the watch to 1965 as well. \u00a0Apparently there is matching code on the movement. \u00a0I&#8217;d check that, but I can&#8217;t get the detachable stem to come apart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Long-Island-City-NY-Star-Journal-1965-Golden-Goddess-VV-Comander-E-Candlelight-A-Dateking-GG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3115 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Long-Island-City-NY-Star-Journal-1965-Golden-Goddess-VV-Comander-E-Candlelight-A-Dateking-GG-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"Long Island City NY Star Journal 1965 - 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