Audemars Piguet

Ancienne Le Brassus
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A 'C' pocket watch!

Thanks for letting me know about this 'c' on the pocket watch movement. Now you've gotten me completely confused !

I thought I had some type of understanding of this, i.e. that these letters were used on wristwatch movements, but that has just been thrown out the window... terrific.

I guess that the only way to answer this is question is probably by asking the curator of the AP museum in person... it's yet another excuse to go finally visit that place!

You're right about me spending too much time with the AP book, I remember having this book for quite a few years, and only after getting to know about lots of other brands did I start realizing the value of AP's and the uniqueness of their work. I the mean time, I've let go of my small collection of VC's (which I absolutely loved, and still hold lots of respect for) and have settled on trying to collect vintage AP's.

What makes collecting AP's fun (especially for pocket watches) are that if you're familiar with the ebauche they utilized, you can spot 'private label' AP's in many places, and most owners unfortunately don't know what they have. It's really a treasure hunt for me

And yes CH Meylan are great watches too, it's a real pity that they didn't survive at least into the 50's... if you know any type of detailed history about them let me know as I'm very familiar with their movements/serial number sequences but almost nothing its going-on's.

Hope you're having a good weekend,

S