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Re: Green black velvet - long version [message #14608 is a reply to message #14606] Tue, 09 March 2021 23:40 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
thesnark17 is currently offline  thesnark17
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No way was Gruen doing 6-position adjustment to regular wrist-watches in 1930-anything.

They probably mean the three or four positions considered "pre-eminent in watch-making"... but man is that misleading.

By the 1930s, the establishment date Gruen had been using for some time was 1874. It's true that Columbus didn't start until 1876, and DGS in 1894. Patent dates matter, folks! At least they did to Fred. Dietrich seems to have considered 1876 to be the real start date, and I can't fault him - Columbus was his company, and he was continually in business since then.

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