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tomvox1
PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:53 pm 
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Hello Breitling Watch friends!
In further investigating my 804, I had my watchmaker remove the dial and tell me what he saw written on the back.
Here is what he wrote down:
0632 w3 but the "w3" looks like this:
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(sorry for the crude drawing ;))
Does anyone know what this marking means? A "WB" for Willy Breitling perhaps???
Thanks in advance,
Tom
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Never come across this before - I can guess that the 0632 is a reference number for the dial, but your guess is as good as mine on the initials
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If this were a movement signature, watch-wiki.de has a list of a lot of them

here are the "B" and "W"

http://watch-wiki.de/index.php?title=Ka ... ildmarke_B

http://watch-wiki.de/index.php?title=Ka ... ildmarke_W

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Foxyrenard wrote:
If this were a movement signature, watch-wiki.de has a list of a lot of them


...and very interesting but this not a movement signature but a dial manufacturer's signature, a la "Singer," "Beyeler," etc.
Thanks again,
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