It's very strange - the caseback is even stamped with "769".
As I am incapable of opening a snap back without scratching it, I don't know what the movement looks like.
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| Author: | Foxyrenard [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Mystery: Tavannes Chrono looks like Chronomat ref. 769 |
Vintage guys, I have a small mystery on my hands. What I haven't mentioned yet is that I actually bid and won a watch at the Bonhams auction yesterday. Lot 266... http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.s ... ectionNo=1 The reason I got it is because it looked cool and familiar..it's only just now that I realised it's because it looks like what I read to be a Breitling Chronomat ref. 769 (I guess once a Ling fan, always a Ling fan). Anybody know what this is? Is the ref. 769 known to anyone here? Is there a reason why Tavannes-Cyma would have had exactly the same? |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:05 am ] |
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Clearly a Chronomat 'tribute' - even has the Chronomat patent number, but I am completely unaware of any connection between Tavannes and Breitling. I don't think that there was any 'Wakmann like' connection, so can't really help on the similarity. I have to assume that at the least Breitling licensed the patent to tavannes, because why else would it appear on the dial? |
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| Author: | Foxyrenard [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:43 am ] |
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It's very strange - the caseback is even stamped with "769". As I am incapable of opening a snap back without scratching it, I don't know what the movement looks like.
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| Author: | Foxyrenard [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:56 pm ] |
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I actually got the back off. Here are the pics: http://cid-6216de5f07b5ec63.skydrive.li ... CN0368.JPG http://cid-6216de5f07b5ec63.skydrive.li ... CN0372.JPG What do "we" think? |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:27 pm ] |
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Foxyrenard wrote: I actually got the back off.
Here are the pics: http://cid-6216de5f07b5ec63.skydrive.li ... CN0368.JPG http://cid-6216de5f07b5ec63.skydrive.li ... CN0372.JPG What do "we" think? It looks perfectly fine to me - this really is a mystery. If it had Breitling on it I would have said it was fine as well - clearly there is some association here, but I have no idea what it is. |
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| Author: | Foxyrenard [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:01 am ] |
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but definately Venus 178, I would think? |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:00 am ] |
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Foxyrenard wrote: but definately Venus 178, I would think?
Definitely - and a nice looking one. |
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| Author: | chronodeco [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tavannes... |
A BIG WOW! I have and have had a lot of Tavannes/Venus parts and dials but I have never seen anything like this. A real rare one for sure. The dial signature is correct and so is the chrono bridge signature. What a find! Craig FYI - Venus cal 175 to be correct. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tavannes... |
chronodeco wrote: FYI - Venus cal 175 to be correct.
Oops - yeah, it would be wouldn't it 
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| Author: | Foxyrenard [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:27 am ] |
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Wow. thanks. Now I feel smug.. 
I have just written to a Chronomat historian on an "alternative" forum to see if he knows what this was about. |
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