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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 2538278, member: 7724&quot;]Cuendet Frères in Sainte Croix was most probably a small manufacturer or assembler of no known importance that exported to the US in disassembled condition to be reassembled statesside to circumvent taxes and tarriffs.</p><p>if it was directly exported from Switzerland as a watch then it would have the proper Swiss marks. the simple 18 K and the VERY primitive engravings on the work and housing all show in the same direction.</p><p>from a collector&#039;s point of view it&#039;s not more than gold value; it may pay a little bonus statesside as curio.</p><p>generally, there are millions of works lying around in old cupboards and workshops without any value at all.</p><p>to go to a watchmaker with this here - if there&#039;s a real one around at all - is money thrown out of the window.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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