Technically, it is a Borgel case. Taubert just owned the design and name. You can call it Borgel and only be referring to the design instead of the brand name.
Now on to adding “Mido” to my eBay alerts...
Technically, it is a Borgel case. Taubert just owned the design and name. You can call it Borgel and only be referring to the design instead of the brand name.
I don't think that this is fully correct, given the cork-sealing crown system used by Mido (Patek and others) in these "FB" watches. In other words, it's doesn't simply boil down to the technicality that Taubert owned the right to produce Borgel-designed cases, but rather that they also patented (in 1928) and added a very important component that was not present in the original Borgel design.
They also designed other cases that bear the "FB" mark.
Technically, it is a Borgel case. Taubert just owned the design and name. You can call it Borgel and only be referring to the design instead of the brand name.
Nice watch. The strap is most definitely a vintage crocodile skin strap. The reason it’s cracking is probably because old leather dries up.
You should probably get a good quality leather treatment cream designed for ladies hand bags or fine accessories (not shoes) to moisturize the strap, wait a few days and reapply.
Better remove the strap from the watch when you do that as you don’t want to get any cream near that watch.
Beautiful thread, thanks for sharing.
Regarding serial numbers and years of production, I can provide some data collected over the years by the passionates of italian forum Orologi & Passioni. These data have been officially confirmed by Mido:
(serial number - year of production)
382.xxx 1934
444.xxx 1936
478.xxx 1936 ±1
525.352 1940
610.xxx 1940 ±1
673.809 1942
753.xxx 1943
759xxx 1943
810.xxx 1944
885.xxx 1945
973623 1947
987657 1947
1134.xxx 1949
1248775 1950
1454221 1952
1644xxx 1954
1852xxx 1956
2.089.629 1957
Here you have the link to the original italian topic:
http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=43606038
Cheers, Alessandro
Cheers, thanks for that 👍
Do you have any idea why my MCC has got a four digit serial number? It's a match between inside lid and the one between the lugs, but only four digits..!
Exactly: four digit serial numbers between lugs have to be the same than last four numbers of the serial you find inside the caseback. If they match, caseback is original for that particular example. 😉
I don't think you quite understood my somewhat badly worded post - there are only four digits inside the caseback too! 😉
Beautiful thread, thanks for sharing.
Regarding serial numbers and years of production, I can provide some data collected over the years by the passionates of italian forum Orologi & Passioni. These data have been officially confirmed by Mido:
(serial number - year of production)
382.xxx 1934
444.xxx 1936
478.xxx 1936 ±1
525.352 1940
610.xxx 1940 ±1
673.809 1942
753.xxx 1943
759xxx 1943
810.xxx 1944
885.xxx 1945
973623 1947
987657 1947
1134.xxx 1949
1248775 1950
1454221 1952
1644xxx 1954
1852xxx 1956
2.089.629 1957
Here you have the link to the original italian topic:
http://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=43606038
Cheers, Alessandro
