The A-15 pilot watch is beautiful. Customer service also above and beyond. I bought a great product with a legacy name on it.
I purchased this watch today from my favorite local jewelry store. The watch is wonderful and beautiful. The upper and lower controls on the stem side of the watch which control the moving parts inside and under the crystal (the Rotating Elapsed Hour and Minute Dial Rings) are fascinating, but in order for the dials to work properly they need to be locked down. So, if you, Bulova, make another edition of this watch, please have the stems for the rotating dials pull out, then adjust the dials, and then push back in to lock the dials in place. They are way too easily moved which will change the elapsed time. Those adjustment stems just need to lock down to prevent the dials from moving once they are set. But otherwise, the watch is beautiful and seems to work wonderfully. I have a number of Bulova watches and Bulova is my favorite watch brand by far. All my recent purchases have been Automatic watches, which I love.
Terrific vintage look tool watch that is let down by poor lume and perhaps its water resistance. Watch looks great. Although a bit larger in size, it wears great - lugs slope down so the lug to lug is not over bearing. Combination of brushed and polished case sides adds visual interest. I really like the hands - unique and vintage and cool. The dial is a bit busy but is really easy to see the time. The miyota movement rotor is a touch loud but I rarely hear it throughout the day and the movement itself is keeping excellent time for an automatic - - after 5 days of wear, it is about 15 seconds fast. This is COSC level accuracy out of a relatively inexpensive Japanese movement. The Hour and Elapsed Time functions are very handy complications and make the watch an invaluable tool for keeping track of a second time zone and tracking time for baking or working out. A real sapphire crystal with AR is another nice addition. The strap is decent, but my 7 inch wrist would like one more hole as I like to wear it tight. I will likely end up replacing it with a vintage look leather strap. If the watch has a failure, it is the lume. If you hit it for a minute with a phone light, it will stay dimly viewable for probably five hours in a pitch black room. 6-7 hours and you can't see it. Finally, it would be nice if the water resistance were slightly better. Overall, I love the watch. Lume aside, it's a great watch I enjoy wearing.
This is the Watch I was looking for. I like the design and the appearance. the straight forward face is very easy to read even in low light. It keeps good time. I very much enjoy a traditional tool watch.