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Re: Caliber 861 [message #11815 is a reply to message #11804]

Thu, 05 December 2019 20:56

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Thanks, Gary & Liz--I knew I'd seen this gorgeous watch earlier, but if I search any numbers on the forum it returns no results. Frustrating! Good to have confirmation it's Factory L. Then again... *sigh*

So my dates for mine were right, pre-1920.

I'd looked at the setting bits for both. Super close, but there seems to be a sight difference between 849 & mine/Liz's. Note the notch on the large piece: ours is more triangular vs. the 849. Note also the opposite end of that piece: there's a slight difference (849 not the same on top & bottom, different taper on the tip). I took that this was a 861, since both ends matched better. I could not find a pic of the actual movement, nor did I make out one below. Did I miss it?

Either way, these two must have been nigh identical: same size, almost same setting bits. Likely both from Factory L.

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		Caliber 849 - 6.5L, 16J - Factory L By: Case on Thu, 05 December 2019 03:11
		Re: Caliber 861 By: Gary on Thu, 05 December 2019 03:36
		Re: Caliber 861 By: timeliz on Thu, 05 December 2019 03:37
		Re: Caliber 861 By: Case on Thu, 05 December 2019 20:56
		Re: Caliber 861 By: timeliz on Thu, 05 December 2019 21:32
		Re: Caliber 861 By: Case on Fri, 06 December 2019 03:31
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Sat, 14 December 2019 19:11
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Sat, 25 January 2020 02:38
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Fri, 31 July 2020 19:06
		Re: Caliber 849 By: timeliz on Fri, 31 July 2020 19:42
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Gary on Fri, 31 July 2020 19:44
		Re: Caliber 849 By: timeliz on Fri, 31 July 2020 19:57
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Sat, 01 August 2020 01:57
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Barney Green on Sat, 01 August 2020 13:02
		Re: Caliber 849 By: timeliz on Sat, 01 August 2020 16:13
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Sat, 01 August 2020 19:33
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Jenneke on Sat, 01 August 2020 19:44
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Mon, 08 February 2021 17:32
		Re: Caliber 849 By: Case on Fri, 29 April 2022 04:16

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