Identification assistance required please

[WatchMaker]

Hi

I inherited some belongings from a relative quite some time ago which included a watch. I'd actually forgotten all about it until a recent spring clean of the attic but with my newfound watch hobby would like to see if I could get this going again.

I have done as much research as I can before  posting here and David at vintagewatchstraps.com has already been extremely helpful in dating a hallmark on the case back to 1926/27.

The movement has 'AS' on it so that presumably must mean an A.Schild and it is a 10.5''' size. I have not however been able to locate a movement ID and even on ranfft most AS movements are based around the AS 340 type bridge layout. The closest I could find in layout was the FHF 1146. Have dismantled the movement I can confirm there are no additional markings on the underside of bridges etc.

There is also no identification of any sort on the dial front but interestingly there are some markings on the dial back with a stamped '32 34' and what looks like 'VERSZ-HURST' (?). There are various other scratched markings. The case back, as well as the hallmarks which David helped with, has a number stamp of '328174'.

As a 'family heirloom' I'd be very grateful for any information anyone might have that could help fill in the blanks.

[rogart63]

That is a AS movement. Usually very hard to find anything about this old movements. But sure is a AS. 

[Danh]

I have been down this road - there are a lot of AS movements that the information has been lost over time from the family listed here (on the right)

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&AS_349

if you closely though you will see the motion work is the same, (the images are the same two images on ranfft for the whole family)

[WatchMaker]

Thank you both for your replies.

Danh - a good observation; thank you. I'd also become preoccupied with trying to find an AS with the same bridge layout as the one I have!

I suspect I've come to a dead-end on additional information but at least I now have an A Schild movement in a watch belonging to a distant relative that was made circa 1926.

And I've found it's not 'VERSZ-HURST' but in fact 'L MEROZ-HURST' on the back of the dial who were based at rue du Temple-Allemand in La Chaux-de-Fonds and specialised in making dials.