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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 55779, member: 25&quot;]The dial has been damaged by being wrenched off without releasing the dial feet first, which was probably the point at which the seconds hand was lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>THe name on the dial would be a retail jeweller who ordered a small batch of watches with their own details on them, a very common practice since the local man would be a known quantity and what would now be the&nbsp; internationally known brand name would generally mean nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>At present I&#039;d class it as &#039;relic&#039; status. If the balance staff is OK, some enthusiast might want it to work on or cannibalise, but proper restoration would cost more than the value when complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a run of the mill watch from a good but not outstanding maker.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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