Original vintage 1967 advertisement for Bulova's Ambassador automatic watch - "It Makes A Good Case for Bulova"
 
Dimensions: Approx. 8.25 inches wide by 11 inches high.
 
"You won't be aware of the extra gold.  At first.  After you've worn the watch a year or so you'll notice it, though.  Because the case will probably be as smooth and bright as the day it was new."
 
Bulova was once the world’s largest manufacturer of wrist watches – during the 19th century, Bulova went from strength to strength, in particular during the Cold War, when it was used for a wide range of national security applications, from the NASA space program (where it was adopted as cockpit instrument panel timers for manned space flight in the U.S.’s Gemini and Apollo programs) to its use in the hypersonic X-15 rocket plane program, launched from under the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress at high altitude and flew at speeds of up to 4,500 mph.
 
Many X-15 pilots qualified for astronaut wings as they flew high enough to have been considered to have reached the fringes of space.  And of course, within the cockpit of the fastest plane ever made, Lockheed’s A-12 spy plane, which handled classified aircraft development programs for the U.S. military and the CIA.  Omega may get all the credit, but Bulova played an undeniable role.
 
In 1875, a young Czech immigrant named Joseph Bulova set up shop in New York City, and his expertise carried over into his watchmaking career, which began around 1911 with boudoir clocks and pocket watches, and soon evolved to include what was then one of the latest and most fashionable technological innovations: the wristwatch.
 
Bulova introduced its first line of wristwatches in 1919. Manufacturing watches at their factory in Biel (Switzerland), Bulova began a standardized mass production never seen in the world of watchmaking until then. The company grew and prospered, and soon early radio and television ads were declaring, "America runs on Bulova time."
 
In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic nonstop. His crossing earned him a Bulova Watch and a check for a grand reward of...$1,000.