Imagine this!  It is the afternoon of July 1st, 1941 and you are sitting at home watching the baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies on TV.  When suddenly a watch appears on screen, over a map of the United States with a spokesman stating that “America Runs on Bulova Time!”

If you were watching NBC’s New York City’s affiliate at that time you may have raised an eyebrow at this oddity, but then again you may not have noticed that what you have witnessed was the first television commercial in the world.

Want the details? Well there are no details except to say that the ad cost about $9 back in the day, which I think is about $135 now.  Hmm… that seems to be it…

Now Bulova as a company is known for being innovative to a degree.  Their watches and there unusual movements may not appeal to many, but when it comes to innovation I had no idea it extended to outside of watches as well, and my I am indeed eager to see this history making TV spot.  I am sad to say, however, that my 4 minutes of so trying to find this commercial on the web has resulted in failure so if you know where I can view this, I would be somewhat grateful.