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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 10063, member: 25"]It may have been from a car, but |'m more inclined to think it had a leather or leatherette travelling case, now lost. This would be far more likely as millions were made. The softish cases fold open with three hinges so you can open it and set it on a bedside table.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think it dates from the 1930s. It would have a decent quality jewelled lever movement, generic Swiss make, and because as it is it is impractical, and also fundamentally, a fairly common type, not all that valuable.</p><p>The marked 'maker' was probably a retailer, nobody significant anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 10063, member: 25"]It may have been from a car, but |'m more inclined to think it had a leather or leatherette travelling case, now lost. This would be far more likely as millions were made. The softish cases fold open with three hinges so you can open it and set it on a bedside table. I also think it dates from the 1930s. It would have a decent quality jewelled lever movement, generic Swiss make, and because as it is it is impractical, and also fundamentally, a fairly common type, not all that valuable. The marked 'maker' was probably a retailer, nobody significant anyway.[/QUOTE]
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