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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 435256, member: 25"]It is later than WWI, because the silver is .925. In the early years of the 20th C the Swiss used .935 silver, and the design dates it around 1930 although this is late for wire lugs. Find out when the Swiss changed silver standard and you have a not before date.</p><p>The watch maker is of no consequence, the movement is of decent but not remarkable quality but that is not a famous maker's mark. I think it says chronometere but it is not a chronometer, that is just a marketing lie.</p><p>It looks as if it might be a womans size watch which would explain the wire lugs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 435256, member: 25"]It is later than WWI, because the silver is .925. In the early years of the 20th C the Swiss used .935 silver, and the design dates it around 1930 although this is late for wire lugs. Find out when the Swiss changed silver standard and you have a not before date. The watch maker is of no consequence, the movement is of decent but not remarkable quality but that is not a famous maker's mark. I think it says chronometere but it is not a chronometer, that is just a marketing lie. It looks as if it might be a womans size watch which would explain the wire lugs.[/QUOTE]
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