to have stamped on the movement and the U.K. required movements imported into the U.S. (Please confirm or correct that the engraving is, in fact, 'Made in Paris', as I can only see 'Par'.) This is interesting to me because since 1891, the U.S. What I find interesting is the movement appears to have 'Made in Paris' stamped on it, as opposed to 'Made in France'. cases, although most of the movements tended to be German or American, but this certainly does not preclude French movements.

View attachment 566715 View attachment 566716 View attachment 566717 View attachment 566718 View attachment 566719 View attachment 566720 View attachment 566711 Once, I've answered all these questions, and I have a fairly decent idea of what I've gotten, I'll attempt to decide what I want to do with this piece.Īny thoughts and/or suggestions are welcome. There is a 'mark' on the bottom I'm trying to identify thinking that may reveal some information. There is a label on the bottom of the case that says 'Made in England', or that's what it looks like to me. I'm trying to find out just what I have? How it might have come to have a French works in an English case, etc. I'm working to discover more about him, personally, but that's not the purpose of 'this' posting today. 77 in 1917 based on an engraved plate on the front of it. It appears to have been presented to a gentleman by the British Red Cross Society, I recently bought this clock at an estate sale in the Southern US (Piedmont North Carolina)

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