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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 1620089, member: 7724"]thank you for the copy. I will look into that after my coffees.</p><p><br /></p><p>still - there is one point that goes forgotten. the Swiss didn't mark at all on small items for a very long time, and the main point - they had a much nearer highly renowned marketplace, Geneva. so no need for them to stamp fakes when not asked for by the customers. even on the French side of the border in the <font size="4">Besançon area they worked rather for Geneva and the horlogerie in nearby la Chaux-de-Fonds.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 1620089, member: 7724"]thank you for the copy. I will look into that after my coffees. still - there is one point that goes forgotten. the Swiss didn't mark at all on small items for a very long time, and the main point - they had a much nearer highly renowned marketplace, Geneva. so no need for them to stamp fakes when not asked for by the customers. even on the French side of the border in the [SIZE=4]Besançon area they worked rather for Geneva and the horlogerie in nearby la Chaux-de-Fonds.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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