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MikeL wrote on Mon, 26 June 2017 14:51Well you answered one question "strap 96'', when you say ''strap'' is that the same as style?
To clarify a little farther, most Gruen models early on had no names. Just a number and classification - Strap (mostly men's watches with round movements, or occasionally smaller/narrower men's watches with rectangular movements usually used in women's watches), Quadron (men's watches with larger rectangular movements), Tank (rectangular watches with round movements using a particular patented contruction), Import (watches with Swiss cases), and then several other categories for women's watches and pocket watches.
So "strap" is the classification, "96" is the number.
Great bold deco styling and rarely seen. Definitely a men's watch, and not all that small by the standards of those times. I wear smaller Gruens and I'm not all that small by the stardards of these times. 
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