Bulova has been making watches in New York since 1875, and one of its chronographs went to the Moon on Apollo 15. Lunar Pilot, Marine Star, 262 kHz Precisionist and Sutton, from €169 — we list only what is actually in stock.
Bulova is an American brand: born in New York in 1875, it turned 150 in 2025 and has been part of the Citizen group since 2008. It is the most accessible brand we carry — from about €170, with the middle of the range around €370 — and the one with the best story: one of its chronographs has been on the Moon.
Worth saying up front, because it explains why this page shows fewer models than the brand makes. On Bulova we list only the watches physically in our warehouse: our supplier cannot tell us when restocks arrive, and taking orders we cannot put a date on seems wrong to us. What you see above is real and ready to ship. The selection changes often.
During Apollo 15 in 1971 the crystal came off Dave Scott’s issued watch, and for the third moonwalk he wore his own Bulova chronograph instead. It is the only privately owned watch ever used on the lunar surface, and in 2015 that very piece sold at auction for over a million dollars. Today’s Lunar Pilot reprises its dial and runs the high-frequency quartz movement. The full story is here.
The sports and water line: chronographs and automatics, 10 bar and above, cases from 41 to 45 mm. €270–€690.
The 262 kHz quartz movement with a sweeping seconds hand instead of a ticking one — a detail you normally pay far more for. €360–€690.
The everyday dress line, men’s and women’s, including skeleton versions with the movement on show. Cases from 25 to 43 mm. €180–€400.
The restrained lines, with a vintage American flavour: clean dials, slim cases, entry prices. €190–€350.
The world’s first curved chronograph movement: the case follows the wrist rather than sitting on top of it. Often in titanium.
Jewellery watches and celebratory editions, such as the Four Seasons pieces for the 150th anniversary and the Frank Sinatra collaboration. €480–€890.
Let us be straight, because it matters here more than for other brands: Bulova is American and easy to find in the United States. What a European authorised dealer adds is a different question — references that circulate mainly in Europe, and a shop that services what it sells. The practicalities:
Two things belong together, the good and the less good. The good is the 262 kHz Precisionist: a quartz oscillating eight times faster than a standard one, with high stated accuracy and a continuously sweeping seconds hand. Alongside it, a good half of the range is automatic, often with a display caseback.
The less good: the crystal is mineral across much of the range, not sapphire, and mineral scratches more easily. That is the main difference from brands costing three times as much, and we would rather write it here than let you find out later. Where a reference does use sapphire, the product page says so.
In 1960 Bulova launched the Accutron, the first wristwatch in the world without a balance wheel: in its place a tuning fork vibrating at 360 Hz, humming instead of ticking, with an accuracy nothing else could match at the time. Accutron units flew on Apollo missions and sat in the instrument panel of Air Force One. Accutron is a separate brand today, but that history is why the name still carries weight.
The second time is recent: the Curv uses the world’s first curved chronograph movement — not just a shaped case, which many brands do, but the movement itself, so a generous chronograph sits into the wrist rather than on top of it. Several versions are titanium.
Two more worth knowing, both of which we normally hold: the Jet Star, a compact 40 mm sports piece, and the Wilton, an automatic dress watch with a display caseback.
Smaller than the men’s range but with a clear identity: cases from 25 to 34 mm, mother-of-pearl dials, and in the Rubaiyat line real stones rather than printed decoration. The rectangular Sutton Tank sits under three hundred euro. More here, and the whole selection under women’s watches.
Jewellers in Genoa since 1950 — about us — with a real workshop behind the shop: battery changes, water-resistance testing, polishing and repairs. On the brand’s first 150 years, here.
Bulova is the most accessible brand we carry: from about €170, with the middle of the range around €370 and nearly two thirds of it between €200 and €500. Only the gold references go above €2,000.
American. Founded in New York in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a Bohemian immigrant, it turned 150 in 2025, and has been part of Japan’s Citizen group since 2008. The first radio commercial in history, in 1926, was Bulova’s.
The chronograph Dave Scott wore on the Moon during Apollo 15 in 1971, after the crystal came off his issued watch. The current model reprises its dial and runs the high-frequency quartz movement. It is by far the most searched Bulova — the full story is here. Availability changes: on Bulova we only sell what is physically in stock.
Yes, though it is worth being straight about it: Bulova is an American brand and easy to find in the US. What we offer is a European authorised dealer, insured shipping at a flat €22.50 in 3–5 business days, and references that circulate mainly in Europe. Prices include Italian VAT, removed at checkout for orders outside the EU; import duties on arrival are the buyer’s responsibility.
Because we choose to show only the watches we physically hold. Our supplier cannot tell us when restocks arrive, and we would rather not take orders we cannot put a date on. What you see is what we have, ready to ship. The selection changes often; if you are after a model you cannot find, write to us and we will check.
A quartz movement oscillating at 262,144 Hz, eight times a standard quartz. The result is very high stated accuracy and, more visibly, a smoothly sweeping seconds hand instead of a ticking one — the most recognisable Bulova trait.
They are serious watches for the price, and the other side deserves saying too. Bulova belongs to Citizen, has real technical heritage and a good number of automatics. But the crystal is mineral on much of the range, not sapphire: that is the main difference from brands costing three times as much, and it is fair to know it beforehand.
Two years of official manufacturer warranty on new watches, with the original box and papers. Our own workshop in Genoa also handles battery changes, water-resistance testing, polishing and repairs afterwards.
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