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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 308218, member: 25"]The definitive way to determine what it is, is to look at the front plate. Swiss fakes do not have jewelling on the front where it cannot be seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is stem set it is not a RR watch by US standards, they had to be lever set to prevent accidental changing of the time while winding.</p><p>It is not classed as a chronometer. It does not appear to have microregulation.</p><p>The dial wording appears to be fired enamel, easy to check if it is anything else as it would simply wipe off. If it is fired enamel it pretty well demolishes the idea that it may have been added later. </p><p>Many watch movements made after the invention of Invar and other non magnetic materials for the hairspring where laballed non magnetic. They are usually Swiss.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 308218, member: 25"]The definitive way to determine what it is, is to look at the front plate. Swiss fakes do not have jewelling on the front where it cannot be seen. If it is stem set it is not a RR watch by US standards, they had to be lever set to prevent accidental changing of the time while winding. It is not classed as a chronometer. It does not appear to have microregulation. The dial wording appears to be fired enamel, easy to check if it is anything else as it would simply wipe off. If it is fired enamel it pretty well demolishes the idea that it may have been added later. Many watch movements made after the invention of Invar and other non magnetic materials for the hairspring where laballed non magnetic. They are usually Swiss.[/QUOTE]
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