| Re: 1953 Gruen Veri-Thin 415 SS-829 [message #12432 is a reply to message #10754] |
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Thojil
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Barney Green wrote on Wed, 28 August 2019 18:32And: 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 watcces were imported to the US completely cased for certain reasons.
The watches to be sold in Europe had the Gruen Geneve brand at the dial, this started mid 50s. After 1957 some of these models have also been imported to the US, most famous model is the Airflight or Super-G.
Another way of identifying whether a a watch was destined for the European market is the fact that there is no GXC code on the movement. I have observed that with many of the Gruen Geneva branded models including my own Super-G that I recently posted.
Obviously this is not entirely reliable as many cases don’t have their original movement anymore.
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