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<p>[QUOTE="FlyingButtonRanch, post: 57013, member: 582"]I don't know anything about watches either, other than I like them, LOL. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, okay says <b>Mido</b>! LOL jeeze! I couldn't read it. Hmmm.</p><p><br /></p><p>This "Cartier" ended auction is a similar pendant/fob set style, also has a Mido movement... brought some dollars. Watch looks the same. *more hmmm*</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARTIER-ART-DECO-PENDANT-WATCH-BANDED-AGATE-RARE-AUTHENTIC-/111619405281?nma=true&si=0JgJR3y0JfC8z%252FwRXfiXnDRv%252BAs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARTIER-ART-DECO-PENDANT-WATCH-BANDED-AGATE-RARE-AUTHENTIC-/111619405281?nma=true&si=0JgJR3y0JfC8z%252FwRXfiXnDRv%252BAs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">CARTIER-ART-DECO-PENDANT-WATCH-BANDED-AGATE-RARE-AUTHENTIC</a></p><p><br /></p><p>found this also:</p><p><i>The Mido Watch company that was founded in 1918 started out as a sort of novelty or designer brand, making art-deco styled watches with coloured enamelled shaped cases, departing from the strictly functional appearance of a watch, <b>making watches that could be worn as much as accessories as timepieces.</b> In the 1930s they made some watches in the shape of radiator grills of well know brands of motor cars such as Bugatti, Buick, Excelsior, Peugeot, and Chevrolet.</i></p><p>And:</p><p><i>In the early 1920s, Cartier formed a joint company with Edward Jaeger (of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaeger-LeCoultre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaeger-LeCoultre" rel="nofollow">Jaeger-LeCoultre</a>) to produce movements solely for Cartier. Thus was the European watch and clock company born, <b>although Cartier continued to use movements from other makers</b>. Cartier watches can be found with movements from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacheron_Constantin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacheron_Constantin" rel="nofollow">Vacheron Constantin</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audemars_Piguet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audemars_Piguet" rel="nofollow">Audemars Piguet</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movado" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movado" rel="nofollow">Movado</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeCoultre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeCoultre" rel="nofollow">LeCoultre</a>. It was also during this period that Cartier began adding its own reference numbers to the watches it sold, usually by stamping a four-digit code on the underside of a lug.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully someone with watch experience can come in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FlyingButtonRanch, post: 57013, member: 582"]I don't know anything about watches either, other than I like them, LOL. Ah, okay says [B]Mido[/B]! LOL jeeze! I couldn't read it. Hmmm. This "Cartier" ended auction is a similar pendant/fob set style, also has a Mido movement... brought some dollars. Watch looks the same. *more hmmm* [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARTIER-ART-DECO-PENDANT-WATCH-BANDED-AGATE-RARE-AUTHENTIC-/111619405281?nma=true&si=0JgJR3y0JfC8z%252FwRXfiXnDRv%252BAs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557']CARTIER-ART-DECO-PENDANT-WATCH-BANDED-AGATE-RARE-AUTHENTIC[/URL] found this also: [I]The Mido Watch company that was founded in 1918 started out as a sort of novelty or designer brand, making art-deco styled watches with coloured enamelled shaped cases, departing from the strictly functional appearance of a watch, [B]making watches that could be worn as much as accessories as timepieces.[/B] In the 1930s they made some watches in the shape of radiator grills of well know brands of motor cars such as Bugatti, Buick, Excelsior, Peugeot, and Chevrolet.[/I] And: [I]In the early 1920s, Cartier formed a joint company with Edward Jaeger (of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaeger-LeCoultre']Jaeger-LeCoultre[/URL]) to produce movements solely for Cartier. Thus was the European watch and clock company born, [B]although Cartier continued to use movements from other makers[/B]. Cartier watches can be found with movements from [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacheron_Constantin']Vacheron Constantin[/URL],[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audemars_Piguet']Audemars Piguet[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movado']Movado[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeCoultre']LeCoultre[/URL]. It was also during this period that Cartier began adding its own reference numbers to the watches it sold, usually by stamping a four-digit code on the underside of a lug.[/I] [I][/I] Hopefully someone with watch experience can come in.[/QUOTE]
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