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maltmonger
59
Dec 26, 2017
With the addition of the Evant Bronze Diver and a display box (both Christmas presents) my collection is starting to look like a collection. There are 3 not shown (designer watches without bands). If anyone knows anything amount the Caravelle N7 it would be appreciated as I haven't been able to find out anything about it. It was my grandfather's. I have sent an email to Bulova to see if they can tell me anything but have not had a response.
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PetrosD
3702
Dec 27, 2017
maltmongerI bought the same Evant diver. Nice choice and nice collection overall.
LucQc
212
Dec 29, 2017
maltmongerOn the back of the watch you should see a letter with a number, I did a search in Google and I found a watch that was sold on ebay that looks similar to your Caravelle. The back of the watch is showing « N7 » which means it was built in 1977.
You'll be able to find the year it was built with the table given on this webpage:
http://www.mybulova.com/bulova-date-codes
You'll find information threads like this one on whatchuseek:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/vintage-caravelle-664875.html
maltmonger
59
Dec 29, 2017
LucQcThanks - much appreciated. I had searched N7 but didn't come up with anything. Probably should have used 'Bulova' rather than 'Caravelle'. Nice to know a little more about it. Cheers!
LucQc
212
Dec 29, 2017
maltmongerIt's a pleasure. I started collecting and playing with vintage watches lately. If you get it opened by a watchmaker or a collector that have the appropriate tools you can take a high resolution picture of the movement. This way, you could learn more details regarding watch's movement on websites like this one:
http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&33&2uswk
The information given with movement might help you to find parts, vintage or new old stock.
If you post a picture of the movement or have any questions I'll try to help you learn more things...
If you're willing to risk losing money you might find nice vintage watches at low price needing TLC (tenderness, love and care) that will look great without or after servicing. I had success with late 1960s and early 1970s watches.
With Seiko you can find out not only the year, also the month it was built. So you can find one built in the month you were born!
Have fun collecting watches.
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