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Caliber 879 — Guild A [message #12719]

Sat, 27 June 2020 04:25

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Switching gears from Favre at long last. This one seems to have come into the arsenal ca1930, building “new for 1931” models. The lowest sn I’ve seen is Dr. Ranfft’s example (1.939mm). Edit: I’ve now seen 879 with sn 1920828.

The below is about 17,000 Aegler numbers later than his, but now has a different patent stamp and a Conoruma hairspring. Edit: corrected my bad math, and note below is a movement that narrows the gap to within 5,400.

This one has a Stern 0.935 Sterling dial.

Not sure what “Size: M” is or what was stricken from the plate above it.

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		Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Case on Sat, 27 June 2020 04:25
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: thesnark17 on Sat, 27 June 2020 14:31
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Case on Sun, 28 June 2020 03:06
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Case on Tue, 30 June 2020 15:29
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Case on Wed, 01 July 2020 06:01
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Ephemerald on Wed, 01 July 2020 06:54
		Re: Caliber 879 — Guild A By: Case on Wed, 01 July 2020 20:49

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