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SuitbertW
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I believe the only small series and cased....

Hi CL,
to my knowledge the only small series as cased as a ww and branded was Breguet and LeRoy, BeBa (sometimes also branded with Montres BD, but same origin). Those BeBa might have a special "history" and perhaps wouldn't qualify as branded in it's truest sense,
but perhaps this is even the largets series .
There are a lot "later creations", i.e. found as a loose movement with manufacturers name on it (former comp. movement) - than cased as a ww - but those aren't original ww's .

Somehow a "series" would be those school watches, the cased examples are mainly from LeLocle technicum as there this movement was used in the "finishing class" - I've seen at least so many that it would qualify to call it a series - although all are unique pieces from different watchmakers of course.

BTW, as far as I know it was also used in La Chaux de Fonds technicum, but there it was used for the class for watch adjusting/regulating - and as such the movements will be found without a cosmetic finish and more likely as loose movements or
in transport cases as used for the trials.

I'm pretty sure we'll see the one or the other "second life" of this movement in the future
It's well deserved for this movement to step a little bit out of the hidden existance of the past...it's one of the nicest designs
ever IMO. But a few years ago, only very, very few even had heard about it.

Best regards
Suitbert

This message has been edited by SuitbertW on 2007-12-24 04:34:24