Bulova

Bulova Men's 96B013 Marine Star Chronograph Watch

• Quality Japanese-quartz movement
• Mineral crystal
• Stainless-steel case; white dial; date function; chronograph functions
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Meticulous details and classic styling make Men's Chronograph Watch #96B013 from the Bulova Marine Star Collection a distinctive, fashionable choice. This high-performance chronograph offers a textured white dial, skeleton hour and minute hands, a red-tipped second hand, silver-tone indices, three subdials, a calendar window between four and five o'clock, and a tachymeter. Also featuring a bezel with six screw accents, a 42-millimeter screw-back case, and a bracelet band held in place by a fold-over-clasp with safety, this timepiece runs on Japanese quartz movement. This watch is water resistant to 330 feet.

The Bulova Story

In 1875, a young Czech immigrant named Joseph Bulova set up shop in New York City, and a legendary American watch brand was born. Bulova was trained as a jeweler, 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. The company grew and prospered, and soon early radio and television ads were declaring, "America runs on Bulova time." In the 1950s, continuing its legacy of innovation, Bulova introduced Accutron, the first electronic watch, and the first breakthrough in timekeeping technology in over 300 years. The Accutron timing mechanism was later adapted for use by NASA computers and a Bulova timer was even placed on the moon to control transmissions of data. Bulova timepieces have kept official time aboard Air Force One and have also served as official timepieces for U.S. Olympic teams.

Today, Bulova maintains its tradition of excellence in technology and design, offering a diverse collection of beautiful precision timepieces for every occasion.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0012OELVC
• Item model number: 96B013
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,937 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High Quality But Needs A Few Improvements, November 16, 2009

By 

Z. Skropanic (Calif.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Bulova Men's 96B013 Marine Star Chronograph Watch (Watch)

This is a high quality timepiece/chrono, something we came to expect from Bulova. It has a hefty, solid feel to it and it looks extremely well on medium and large wrists. The metal (case, dial, and band) are nice and rich-shiny so it could pass as a nice dress watch -- pretty much this piece is wearable in almost any situation or with any clothes. A few pragmatic improvements in the dial design area I'd suggest:
1. increase the contrast between the skeleton hands and the dial background (the contrast is somewhat weak).
2. increase the horizontal size of the date window just a touch (in dates that contain two digits, like 12, 13, etc., the flat line 1s are too close to edge and hard to see them under certain angles).
3. apply some type of illumination for night/darkness viewing (no illumination on this type of watch is somewhat puzzling).

NOTE: It doesn't say in the watch description on this site, but the long hand that is usually associated with the second hand on non-chrono watches is actually the chrono hand while the second hand is in the small sub-dial at 6 o'clock.

Overall, a very nice Japanese quartz quality watch with a touch of class that fits any active lifestyle.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very nice watch, December 9, 2009

By 

Christian Islas "Thokk" (Mexico City, México) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bulova Men's 96B013 Marine Star Chronograph Watch (Watch)

I've just got it as a b-day present and it totally rocks, it looks amazing even tho is not a really expensive watch. I have mid-sized wrists and what I like the most is that the watch doesn't look oversized on me, also my shirts wrists just slip over the watch, so I don't have to adjust it, and living in a city as dangerous as Mexico I better be quick at hiding this kind of goodies.

Also the weight is perfect, it's not heavy and it feels solid, I'll give it 5 stars since it's the best watch I've had so far...I might change my mind when I finally get my TAG :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Watch ok Bulova service not so hot, August 21, 2010

By 

captbill - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Bulova Men's 96B013 Marine Star Chronograph Watch (Watch)

Sharp looking watch. Solid feel. Like it a lot until it broke. Sweep second hand for chrono would not reset to zero. Sent it to address in owners manual for service. It came back in a couple of weeks, seemingly fixed......but with a ten dollar service fee and no watch box. Ticked me off. Looked on their web site and THERE (not in literature that comes with watch)they said they charge ten dollars to service a watch under their guarantee and they said don't send it in for service in the presentation box because they will throw it out! Now, about two months after I got it back....the second hand will not zero out, again! So, I guess to get it fixed I'll have to pay them. Should have spent another hundred bucks and bought a Citizen. Really aggravated by service issue.