Vintage Caravelle by Bulova Ladies Wristwatch, Manual Wind Gold Tone Cocktail Watch with Expansion Band

A petite cocktail watch in gold-tone metal, its rounded, softly angled case set with leaf-shaped lugs and a pale dial with gold numerals. Caravelle was Bulova's more accessible line, introduced in the early 1960s, and this manual wind example reflects that decade's refined everyday elegance. The etched Speidel expansion band flexes to fit most wrists. Delicate in scale, it sits somewhere between jewelry and timepiece.

Materials
Gold-tone base metal bezel, stainless steel case back, gold-tone expansion band

Details

• Era: 1960s
• Markings: Caravelle (dial); Speidel, base metal bezel, stainless back, M6 (case back)
• Style / design notes: Petite cocktail-style case with leaf-shaped lugs, pale dial with gold-tone Arabic numerals and baton markers, etched expansion band
• Function: Manual wind ladies wristwatch, untested
• Color: Gold-tone with pale dial
• Condition: Good vintage condition, with gold-tone loss on the case and band and light spotting on the dial, please see images
• Measurement: Expandable band fits 5.5"–7" wrists

Collected by Mineral and Matter