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old Swiss watch

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July 24, 2011, 16:53
Peter Kaszubski
old Swiss watch
Hi all and thank you for your help
I got my self few pocket watches and would
like to know the year of my watch
please look at the picture and help me out.
on the dust cover there is a marking
"CILINDREL" "8 RUBIS"
no markings or S/n on movement.


July 24, 2011, 16:55
Peter Kaszubski
picture of the dust cover


July 24, 2011, 18:16
Ethan Lipsig
You have a very common Swiss bar movement from the mid-19th century. It has a cylinder escapement, which was used on less expensive watches, is an inferior escapement to the lever escapement which eventually superseded it, and, worst of all, is very difficult to repair. These Swiss bar movements are almost always anonymous and almost always impossible to identify as the product of a particular maker.
July 24, 2011, 23:54
Peter Kaszubski
Thank you.