This Bulova watch that I got has been…
Reviewed on 2020-11-09T14:14:56
This Bulova watch that I got has been sent 3 times to the repair center in 2 year and this time again when I sent it,it was sent back to me with a letter saying that the warrant has expired and I need to get in touch with the menufacturer . I have written to them and its been more then 2 weeks now that I am still waiting to hear from them. I am really disappointed because this was a gift from my husband I have hardly used it literally 4 to 5 times and it has stopped working equal to the time I have used it . I am really upset and tired also and really dont know what to do as no help has been extended at all from anywhere. 98R209 is I guess the model number and that is what is written on the dial.read more
BULOVA=Bad quality no guarantee
Reviewed on 2020-10-21T19:56:33
I bought a Bulova Curv 9 months ago. After 8 months the wristband was broken by the connection with the watch.Contacted Bulova, no guarantee and not possible to repair. 800 euro gone. VERY BAD
Be careful if you consider to buy a watch from this brand.read more
The bulova’s watch box is now bad…
Reviewed on 2020-10-19T22:00:22
The bulova’s watch box is now bad quality. Im a bulova lover since many years ago,and the experience to open the box for first time was exiting, but now the box looks like a common box watch, in addition you are spending $200-$500 dollar for a good watch and good presentation.read more
Reviewed on 2020-09-02T16:20:46
My husband bought me a watch from here, was beautiful, very happy
Reviewed on 2020-07-27T12:52:25
I received my Bulova Accutron Precisionist 2 years ago for my 10 yr. work anniversary gift.It was very accurate. However, it is losing an entire minute per day now. I am now wearing my $43 Casio G Shock which is accurate. I was hoping to simply send it in. But must fill out form. I cannot read the serial numbers on back of Bulova. So, putting the Bulova up and back to Casio. Very sad as I assumed it was a tough, accurate quality timepiece. I work at a desk.read more
Reviewed on 2020-05-20T13:07:38
In the sixties, Britain was shedding post-war depression and the ‘baby boomers’ were now teenagers with money to spend on fashion,music and changed lifestyles. The BBC was in sole control of radio broadcasting and was still locked in the music hall/band era, playing only established artists and ignoring new music trends.
A young Irishman called Ronan O’Rahilly saw that he would never get air play for the new artists he was promoting, the likes of Georgie Fame, and that the only remedy was to have his own radio station. But British law prohibited this. So, he turned a ship into a floating radio station and anchored it beyond UK jurisdiction in international waters. Radio Caroline was born. The new station was a revelation, playing new pop music all day and soon Radio Caroline had millions of listeners, far more than the BBC.
As the 1967 Sumer of Love approached, everyone was happy aside from the government. In August 1967 the Labour Government introduced the Marine Offences Broadcasting Act, a new law designed to make Radio Caroline and the other copycat stations that had popped up unprofitable by banning, with threats of fines and imprisonment, every activity connected with the stations, including placing advertisements. This law created the ‘pirate radio stations’.
The first main ad on Radio Caroline in 1964 was for Bulova watches and they provided a quartz clock for the studio. A catchy ten-second jingle was created for the hourly time check, with a ‘tick-tock’ backing and a female voice singing: ‘To choose the perfect picture, remember this rhyme, when something happy happens, it’s Bulova watch time’. Bulova also sponsored a weekly show in 1965 ‘Bulova Star Choice’. At that time Caroline had 8 million listeners.
There followed many significant dramas over the year. The sinking of Caroline’s pirate radio ship ‘Mi Amigo’ in the late 70s and its replacement with ‘Ross Revenge’, the ship still in use today and the world’s only remaining radio ship still in operation at sea. The illegal raid by the Dutch authorities in the late 80s who smashed up every piece of broadcasting equipment they could find. The subsequent grounding of Ross Revenge on the Goodwin Sands, one of the few ships to survive running around there.
Fast forward to today and Radio Caroline has overcome and against the odds the station is still broadcasting album music from the 60s to brand-new music with a healthy listener figures online, on DAB and on 648 AM. The station has a loyal following, many who followed Caroline in the early days are still with the station today.
Radio Caroline is run entirely by volunteers. Advertising and sponsorship are important to the station and help to fund station operating costs and maintain its radio ship ‘Ross Revenge’, which is moored on the River Blackwater in Essex.
While Caroline broadcasts 24/7, mainly from land-based studios these days, one weekend a month the station broadcasts live from Ross Revenge as Radio Caroline North. Each live broadcast from the ship is sponsored by a company whose financial support covers some of the costs of the broadcast. Two years ago Radio Caroline station manager Peter Moore approached Russ Dee, director of Rush Jets, who agreed, with sister company Inflight Goods, to sponsor the Christmas broadcast from ‘Ross Revenge’. They also provided two prestigious Bulova watches to give away as prizes in the monthly Radio Caroline North competition, along with some specially made Radio Caroline cufflinks. The partnership was a big success both for Caroline and for Rush Jets and Inflight Goods, who were heavily promoted in return.
Radio Caroline’s association with Rush Jets and Inflight Goods has continued. More broadcast sponsorships followed and both companies are jointly advertising each month on the station. The ad is in the form of a competition to win luxury watches, including Rotary, Timberland and Dreyfuss. Rush Jets and Inflight Goods pay Caroline for advertising and receive incomeread more
Reviewed on 2020-04-25T12:51:05
Beautiful watches
Service center and authorized dealers scamming on repair costs.
Reviewed on 2020-03-12T10:01:19
After 2 years of only weekend use the watch needed a new crown, took for repair. After another year of only weekend use the crown was broken again.Believing it to be a manufacturing defect, I took to a different publicized authorized store to send for authorized repair and they overcharged by €100 the admitted €70 cost and not only does the store refuse to reimburse, citizen refuses to intervene. Bottom line is they are supporting the fraudulent business practices of the same stores they advertise on their website, and are therefore complicit. This experience will ensure I no longer buy their products and will suggest others not to either.read more