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Knife fob from MSR USA. Who is MSR?


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9 minutes ago, spectre6000 said:

The backpacking stoves is how I'm familiar with MSR. 

Me too. In addition to watchmaking my other hobbies are backpacking and landscape photography. All three of which seem to be never-ending money pits!

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6 hours ago, FlameOfWrath said:

I got a watch fob with a small pen knife on it with the engravingI MSR USA on it. I'm wondering if anyone know what company name MSR stands for. I've done some google-fu but nobody gives a name to go with MSR.

 

In similar fashion to ASUAG and SSIH,  MSR was the grouping of four respected Swiss watch companies in the early 60s  Buser, Vulcain, Phenix and Revue. I cant remember what the MSR stands for though. Not sure why USA ?

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13 hours ago, GuyMontag said:

Me too. In addition to watchmaking my other hobbies are backpacking and landscape photography. All three of which seem to be never-ending money pits!

If you come across Bigfoot, please get some decent photos and save them on the cloud. 🤣

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