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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jo Taylor, post: 1548217, member: 372&quot;]I acquired this little gem a few years ago. I was going to keep it but unfortunately I&#039;m one of those people who ruins watches when I wear them - they stop - so I&#039;m going to list it for sale, then someone who loves it can wear it.</p><p>It&#039;s silver, has the French crab mark, and another that I can&#039;t make out. It&#039;s marked inside &quot;<i>Hinard à Villedieu-les-Poêles</i>&quot;. I know where Villedieu-les-Poêles is - it&#039;s not far from me, and famous for its copper pans (its name translates loosely as &#039;God&#039;s town of the pans&#039; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). I believe &#039;Hinard&#039; might have been a jeweller (<i>bijoutier</i>) rather than the watchmaker. I&#039;ve traced a Marc Hinard, <i>bijoutier</i>, born in 1888 and resident there in 1912. It works, and I had it cleaned by a local jeweller/watchmaker.</p><p>However my knowledge of watches is virtually nil, so I wonder if I could call upon the expertise of those in here if they could offer any further information.</p><p>Now - the odd thing. It doesn&#039;t show any sign of having been &#039;converted&#039; from a pendant to a wrist watch but the number 12 (XII) is next to the winder, so, when it&#039;s on the wrist, it&#039;s a quarter turn round from where wrist watches normally sit.[ATTACH=full]228692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228694[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228695[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228697[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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