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IS THIS 760 FAKE FRANKEN OR REDIALED?

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

The caseback and bridge / balance cock engraving is questionable - likely added to blanks which would have been expected in a 1944 piece, although it wouldn't be the first that we had seen with 'amateur' engraving likely from the factory.

Case, pushers and hands look correct for a 760 (although there are different types) and dial looks to be correct style. The crystal is scratched so tough to know whether the dial is redone or not, but it looks like a very good job if it is.

Thanks, Roff

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

Completely authentic and a rather nice piece. I was watching that one hoping it would slide under the radar. The hand engraving on the movement bridge and case back is completely acceptable for the age of the watch, 1944, and was done in the interim before proper tooling was set up for stamping and after the import tax rules on Swiss watches was initiated in the 1930's. Yes it does look like chicken scratch but think about the poor guy that had to probably pull the backs off hundreds of watches and hand engrave them so they could meet the new import rules. You will see this on many brands from the late 1930's to about 1944.

Thanks for the info. I was hoping like you it would slide under the radar.

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."