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Women's wristlet 179/1 - WR83 Paris Square [message #14300] Sun, 10 January 2021 17:37 Go to next message
thesnark17 is currently offline  thesnark17
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Model name : WR83 Paris Square
Type : wristwatch
Period/date : c. 1925
Gender : women's

Case Maker : Wadsworth
Case Material : 14k Gold reinforced with metal
Case Serial : 1010445
Case Style no : 1

Caliber : 179
Movement Maker : Gruen Guild
Movement Serial: 118596

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A fine style! This one has a broken mainspring. I also have the men's version of style number 1 (705/1), which doesn't resemble this watch at all.

Were these getting names in 1925?

[Updated on: Sun, 10 January 2021 19:00]

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Re: Women's wristlet 179/1 [message #14302 is a reply to message #14300] Sun, 10 January 2021 18:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barney Green
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Nope, first names appeared 1929...
In 1925 they still had just names describing the outline, this was called the "Paris Square". Should be WR83 then.

Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)

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Re: Women's wristlet 179/1 [message #14304 is a reply to message #14302] Sun, 10 January 2021 19:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Alright, thanks a lot. I had wondered if it were a Paris Square.

Request to mods to move this thread to the 1920s forum, since we have an ID on the watch.

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Re: Women's wristlet 179/1 - WR83 Paris Square [message #14307 is a reply to message #14300] Sun, 10 January 2021 19:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Case is currently offline  Case
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Interesting! Can you post a pic of the mans variant? Always curious what the style numbers denoted. Not often we get two notably different watches to compare.

My two caveats:
1) I'm wrong many times a day --just ask my wife!
2) Always seeking to learn more

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Re: Women's wristlet 179/1 - WR83 Paris Square [message #14309 is a reply to message #14307] Sun, 10 January 2021 20:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
thesnark17 is currently offline  thesnark17
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Okay. I'll take pictures today and make a new thread.

Side question: why is that photo attachment size limit 1.5 MB in some of our forums and 2 MB in others? (This is also why all of my new threads with pictures are going to be in the ID thread, even when I know what they are: the size limit is bigger.)

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Re: Women's wristlet 179/1 - WR83 Paris Square [message #14312 is a reply to message #14309] Sun, 10 January 2021 22:46 Go to previous message
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I have posted the men's version: https://vintagegruen.org/vgforum/index.php?t=msg&th=2012 &start=0&

Turns out it was a 707/1. My bad.

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