| Re: Caliber 45 (17J) - Madretsch Precision - 13’” Hunter Configuration [message #12872 is a reply to message #12870] |
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Barney Green
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Interesting. So Madretsch started with 125k, a good point for dating would be the July 1906 inscription on my serial #130504 movement #7 from the same filing. Anyone having an idea which caliber # this would be? Should be 11 or 12 ligne.
Serial# 128462 has been pictured in an ad dating February 1st, 1905, if I did not misread this one:
This would be approx. 2000 movements in 1.5 years which would indicate a start in 1902. The Gruen Watch Manufacturing Co. in Madretsch has been registered December 1903 though. Assuming that the movement of #130504 might have been with the jeweler for half a year already, we would be at 2k / year and hit the late 1903 date perfectly with serial # 125001.
Barney
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