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Re: Quadron 63 [message #767 is a reply to message #762]

Tue, 25 June 2013 12:59

brtime
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Thojil wrote on Tue, 25 June 2013 04:05

Nice! But why condemning it to eternal darkness in a vault....

Movement maker of the 157 is not Alpina, but Marc Favre Co. who also supplied to Alpina. Like Alpina and Gruen, Marc Favre Co. was part of the Union Horlogère SA. Confirmed is that they also produced the Cartouche cal. 153 & 163/165/167.

"... for the vault ..." is just my catch phrase meaning it's going into my own collection, rather than being put up for sale Smile

I do keep my personal watch collection in a safe deposit box. 160-plus watches are just too many to keep in the house. But I visit my "babies" regularly and rotate through the collection and bring them out into the light and wear them on my wrist. At the moment, I'm wearing a '50s vintage Omega Seamaster automatic with date at 6:00.

I made the correction on the movement manufacturer. I got the information off the Ranft site (pink pages). There, it stated that the 157 was an Alpina movement.

Thanks for your comments!

Sincerely,

Bruce Shawkey
brtime

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		Quadron 81 (yellow) 63 (wgf) By: brtime on Mon, 24 June 2013 23:36
		Re: Quadron 63 By: afire on Tue, 25 June 2013 02:14
		Re: Quadron 63 By: Thojil on Tue, 25 June 2013 09:05
		Re: Quadron 63 By: brtime on Tue, 25 June 2013 12:59
		Re: Quadron 63 By: JackW on Tue, 25 June 2013 13:37
		Re: Quadron 63 By: Jenneke on Tue, 25 June 2013 22:13
		Re: Quadron 63 By: JackW on Wed, 26 June 2013 01:18
		Re: Quadron 63 By: Jenneke on Wed, 26 June 2013 06:30
		Re: Quadron 63 By: JackW on Wed, 26 June 2013 12:04
		Re: Quadron 63 By: afire on Wed, 26 June 2013 16:26
		Re: Quadron 63 By: Jenneke on Wed, 26 June 2013 17:12

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