Watch Data
- Wrist Chronometer no. 5070
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Movement: s/n; 5070, Cal. 5.5 baguette, 16 x 6,5 x 3 mm, 18 jewels, 8 adj., optained the Poincon de Geneva quality seal at October 20, 1927 and was part of a batch of 6 pieces; 5068-5073.
Provenance:
1927 - Niton, Geneve
1929 - Catalogue Manufacture des Montres Niton S.A. Geneve, Paris, New-York (1929?). This Caliber is one of the smallest ever made; 16 x 6.5 x 3 mm (~312 mm3). The Caliber 101 of LeCoultre, is since 1929 the smallest in the world ever made; 14 x 4.8 x 3.4 mm (~228,48 mm3).
This caliber was used at least by Sadnac and Vacheron Constantin. According to Vacheron Constantin Heritage department, this caliber was produced by Piaget in 1929, and they called it a calibre baguette 6 ligne. |
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