Bulova Hercules — The Most Powerful of All!
This Bulova 660 was manufactured in the USA circa 1958. In early advertising Bulova refer to this radio as the ‘Hercules’. It originally sold for $59.95 (Ref: The Pittsburgh Press December 4 1960).
Bulova had their beginnings in 1875 when Joseph Bulova a 23 year old immigrant from Bohemia opened a small jewelry shop on Maiden Lane in New York City. In 1926 Bulova produced America’s first radio commercial and in 1928 they introduced the world’s first clock radio.
In the 1950s Bulova sold a line of high end transistor radios exclusively in jewelry stores across America. Bulova radios were obviously aimed at the wealthy and affluent!
