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- Offered for sale is this Berthoud Geneve cal. 385 chronograph with a lovely sector dial and blued handset.
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Sector Dial and handset This patinated ivory colored dial and blued handset “had me at first sight” - with its tasty coloration and originality. It is a very attractive watch. The Tachymeter and Telemeter scales appear neat and clean. A few scuffs on the dial are evident, but it carries an honesty that I have found to be very appealing.
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This dial and handset are very similar to the 1935 Universal Geneve Compur seen in Mr. Sala’s book, page 140. The dial, handset and overall configuration of this BG carry the same design elements as that 1935 UG. I concluded that this dial as being an original BG, and made in the mid 1930’s, likely around the same time as that 1935 UG seen in Mr. Sala’s book.
Cal. 385 The cal 385 movement is in good condition and keeps good time. I have not serviced it while in my 3year possession and have no known prior service history. Start and stop functions are working well. The reset works, however periodically the minute sub-register counter does not return to zero, but instead to +1 minute. A service would be suggested before anything other than periodic wearing. No movement number is visible, which I noted to be consistent with other BG watches of this mid 1930’s era. I had noted that BG began placing numbers on the movement in the - 1930’s.
- 1930’s.
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