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Cartouche 255 [message #3629]

Tue, 29 April 2014 22:37

Jenneke
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Netherlands

Gruen Authority

Model name : Car 255
Type : Cartouche
Period/date : ca 1929
Gender : Ladies

Case Maker : Gruen
Case Material : 14k white gold
Case Serial : 1237144
Case Style no : 107

Caliber : 155
Movement Maker : unknown
Movement Serial: -

Bracelet : Grosgrain band with Gruen clasp (not original). Original would have been 13mm grosgrain silk (see Master book) or mesh cord (Gruen guild 1929 book).

Other info : Crystal very thick and assumed to be a later replacement. Dial looks to be a redial. Engraved with a French name: Beatrice Guerout. History unknown.

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From the Gruen guild 1929 book:
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		Cartouche 255 By: Jenneke on Tue, 29 April 2014 22:37
		Re: Cartouche 255 By: Gary on Wed, 30 April 2014 01:11
		Re: Cartouche 255 By: Thojil on Wed, 30 April 2014 09:55
		Re: Cartouche 255 By: timeliz on Wed, 30 April 2014 21:25
		Re: Cartouche 255 By: Jenneke on Wed, 30 April 2014 21:49
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