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The Quadron 3 [message #1126]

Mon, 22 July 2013 20:54

Thojil
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Concorès, France

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Model name : Quadron 3
Type : Quadron
Period/date : approx. 1930
Gender : Male

Case Maker : Gruen
Case Material : 14k yellow gold
Case Serial : 1136582
Case Style no : 117/67

Caliber : 119
Movement Maker : Gruen
Movement Serial: 657748

Bracelet : Leather

Other info : This example has the beautifully engraved gilded "Precision EXTRA" version of Cal. 119. Although in execution the movement resembles the famous 50th Anniversary VeriThin pocket watch caliber there is no evidence that these engraved Quadrons were also produced to celebrate that occasion.
Case and dial equal the Quadron 3 & 4 however these are respectively Green and White Gold. One possibility is that it is actually the Quadron 5. Quadron 5 is missing from the Quadron listing in Shawkey's "A Collector's Guide", but could be the Yellow Gold version.

Another interesting detail on the movement is that the caliber number is milled out where you normally find it on the pillar plate (between barrel bridge and center bridge). Could this mean a Cal.117 or 123 was used as a base to create this special 119?

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Edited the title and info as I positively ID'ed as a Quadron 3 and not 18.

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		The Quadron 3 By: Thojil on Mon, 22 July 2013 20:54
		Re: The Quadron 18? By: JackW on Tue, 23 July 2013 02:05
		Re: The Quadron 18? By: afire on Tue, 23 July 2013 04:05
		Re: The Quadron 18? By: Jenneke on Tue, 23 July 2013 16:57
		Re: The Quadron 18? By: mikey on Tue, 23 July 2013 19:22
		Re: The Quadron 18? By: Thojil on Tue, 23 July 2013 20:07
		Re: The Quadron 18 By: JackW on Tue, 23 July 2013 23:07
		Re: The Quadron 18 By: Jenneke on Wed, 24 July 2013 21:19
		Re: The Quadron 18 By: Gary on Thu, 25 July 2013 01:59

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