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Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 [message #10755 is a reply to message #10754]

Wed, 28 August 2019 17:07

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Barney Green wrote on Wed, 28 August 2019 11:32

And: I do not think that the Import watches were produced for the European market. Gruen did really not actively sell any of these here. It looks like these watches were imported to the US completely cased for certain reasons.

I agree, overwhelmingly. But I have seen some early Imports with the German crown hallmark. But these examples may have been related to the Alpina partnership, even though not marked Alpina-Gruen. Some Alpina-Gruen and regular Gruen Import models shared cases, and not all cases used on watches sold as Alpina-Gruen were marked Alpina-Gruen. So, it gets confusing, and I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Alpina may have distributed at least some watches branded solely as Gruen.

But yes, I agree the Import line's primary function was to import complete watches to the US, not for European distribution.

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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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