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Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 [message #10757 is a reply to message #10756]

Wed, 28 August 2019 17:55

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Found the case in question: 460SS-825, case # F003569. Although it follows the Gruen house numbers, it was made for Gruen by Id watch case company.

Based on the closure ring, as well as the interior fonts and lack of "The Gruen Watch" I'd say the above case is also an Id watch case. Perhaps Gruen sourced all their Stainless cases vs. producing them in house.

I also looked back at the Swiss made cases from this time: they follow the same Gruen house number progression, but they put the letter at the end of the 5-6 digits vs. in front (pic at bottom). They also had a different style closure ring.

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Swiss Guildite case # from this time:
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		Strap 809 By: dall-houston on Sun, 05 November 2017 16:00
		Re: 1944 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-529 By: Barney Green on Sun, 05 November 2017 17:17
		Re: 1944 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-529 By: dall-houston on Sun, 05 November 2017 19:24
		Re: 1944 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-529 By: Timeticker on Thu, 23 November 2017 00:46
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Wed, 28 August 2019 13:14
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Wed, 28 August 2019 15:33
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Wed, 28 August 2019 16:32
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: afire on Wed, 28 August 2019 17:07
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Wed, 28 August 2019 17:14
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Wed, 28 August 2019 17:55
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Wed, 28 August 2019 18:49
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Thu, 29 August 2019 12:48
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Thu, 29 August 2019 13:40
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Thu, 29 August 2019 14:22
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Thu, 29 August 2019 14:47
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Case on Thu, 29 August 2019 20:05
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Barney Green on Thu, 29 August 2019 20:36
		Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 By: Thojil on Wed, 06 May 2020 22:13

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