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Cartouche 107 [message #6376] Tue, 22 December 2015 04:04 Go to next message
midesigns is currently offline  midesigns
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Registered: December 2015
Location: USA
Gruen Apprentice
This is the 2nd of two cartouche style Gruens I recently acquired. Looking for any history, year of manufacture, other information on this model.
Thanks in advance.


Inside case:
GRUEN
14 K. GOLD
REINFORCED WITH METAL
Wadsworth
5063157
OS-3

Outside case back:
nothing

Movement:
153 (under balance cock... could be 155)
134178 (or it could be 134/78)
FIFTEEN 15 JEWELS FOUR 4 ADJ
GRUEN GUILD SWITZERLAND

Dial:
GRUEN (under 12:00)

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Re: Help Identifying Cartouche 153? [message #6381 is a reply to message #6376] Tue, 22 December 2015 09:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barney Green
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Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
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No problem. This is a Cartouche 107, introduced a bit earlier than your other watch 1925 initially with a caliber 835 movement. You can find it in "The Catalog" and the 1927 Gruen Stock Record Book, as well as the 1910s/1920s Decade Book and the 1929 Guild Book. Same price as the other one and it had a double star rating in the 1927 Stock Record Book meaning that this was one of the best selling watches at that time. Same rating in 1929 for both watches!

Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)
Re: Help Identifying Cartouche 153? [message #6387 is a reply to message #6381] Fri, 25 December 2015 20:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
midesigns is currently offline  midesigns
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Can't thank you enough Barney. Much appreciated. The books you reference, are they available as online references or are they for purchase sell items?
Re: Help Identifying Cartouche 153? [message #6388 is a reply to message #6387] Fri, 25 December 2015 20:23 Go to previous message
Barney Green
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Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
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The books are all for sale, you can order them either directly at the authors bookstore: http://www.gruenwristwatches.com/gruen-books.php or from Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MikeTheWatchGuy
Mike wrote practically all Gruen books available. BTW the case serial number indicates that your watch is an early one from the introduction year 1925. This watch was build for a couple of years.


Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)

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