In 1949 Bulova began a 4 year contract as the supporter of the
televised Academy Awards. To commemorate this relationship the
began production of the Academy Award watch. The relationship only
lasted 1 year and the Academy sued Bulova and forced them to stop
production of the watch using such terms as "Academy Awards",
"award winning design".
By 1952 production had ceased.
Many sellers will try and pass of a simple period bulova as an
original "Academy Award Watch". Be careful as they may have located
a case and just put a period watch in the box.
The originals are 21J, 14K gold and have a distinctive ribbed
design on the face. The case should be marke L0, L1 or L2 only.
Hope this helps.