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I just bought this watch for $2.00 a few days ago from an antique shop. Seen better days. Just slightly serviced the movement. ( no binding of the autowind) This has the 23 jewel 560 RSS an upgrade from the Bidlingmair ( however one spells)  ebauche 17 jewel but with autowind. Now as for the year. Could this be a pre 1976 or 70s watch before they went defunct?. I know this company has been pretty turbid since the late 50s. The numbers on the inside are as follows upper 269135. Bottom 251. I think this is a Francois Borgel case with the F.B. and key under the FB. Also underneath are the words Vaccum. The watch has been running for 2 days now. Any idea the year era? Nothing on line seems to match.

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Hi Eckehardt,

Thats a nice watch and well worth servicing.

I posted a Favre-Leuba the other day and wls1971 shared some info on the 'vacuum' brand. My guess is that it is from the late 60s.

On 1/13/2018 at 9:53 PM, wls1971 said:

That's a very nice quality watch the case is made by Taubert and stamped with the Francios Borgel trade mark which they owned the watch is as you say mid 50's which is when Taubert started using the word "Vacuum" as a trade mark. Most of the Taubert cases of this period where stamped with serial numbers between the lugs so I'm not sure if they are from the case maker or watch manufacturer but I have West end watches and Movado watches with these cases that are stamped in a similar way.

The strap I believe is a Vollmer which are a German watch bracelet manufacturer founded in 1922 and know for quality mesh watch bracelets they used the trademark Aristo

Pics of the watch here.

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