Bulova

Bulova is a manufacturer of watches and clocks. Its headquarters is located in New York City. It is owned by Citizen Watch Co..

History

Bulova was founded and incorporated as the J. Bulova Company in 1875 by Joseph Bulova (1851 – November 18, 1936), an immigrant from Bohemia. It was reincorporated under the name Bulova Watch Company in 1923, and became part of the Loews Corporation in 1979 and sold to Citizen at the end of 2007.

In 1912, he launched his first plant dedicated entirely to the production of watches. Manufacturing watches at their factory in Biel (Switzerland), Bulova began a standardized mass production never seen in the world of watchmaking until then. In 1919, Joseph Bulova offered the first complete range of watches for men. The iconic visual style of his first popular advertising made its watches popular with the American public. But beyond the original style, precision and technological research also became an endless quest for Bulova. In 1920, he set up an observatory on the roof of a skyscraper to make measurements that would enable him to determine very precisely universal time.

Bulova SA

Bulova is a now defunct Hong Kong football club which were dissolved after the 1984-85 season.

In 1977, Bulova entered Hong Kong Third Division League and proposed a 3-year plan to get promotion to First Division. In 1979-80 season, Bulova appeared the first time in Hong Kong First Division League.

The team organized many exhibition matches which attracted lots of spectators. Some of the famous ones include the match against Liverpool in 1983 and against Manchester United in 1984.

They won a double of Hong Kong FA Cup and Hong Kong Viceroy Cup in 1981-82 and 1982-83. They were also runners-up of FA Cup in 1979-80 and won the Hong Kong Senior Shield in 1984. They were also runners-up in the Hong Kong First Division League in 1982-83 and 1983-84.

Notable players

Peter Aitken: 1982

Mel Blyth: 1981-1982

Phil Boyer: 1982

Chan Fat Chi: 1979-1984

John Clayton: 1982-1983

Terry Conroy: 1979-1980

Barry Daines: 1981-1983

Bob Delgado: 1983-1984

Peter Foley: 1983-1984

Charlie George: 1981-1982; 1982