My wife and I are stumped regarding the engraving on the back of my 1962 seamaster de ville, "A.C. Anderson 56.1831", the numbers in particular. They are an odd grouping of numbers. So what do we do? Like all people we turn to google. If you google 56.1831 to our surprise nearly all of the images are of watches, and information about a swiss watch company Girard-Perragaux pops up. So what do we do? We go to wikipedia and find that in 1965, Girard-Perregaux designed the first mechanic movement at high frequency, at which the balance beats at 36,000 vibrations/hour: the Gyromatic HF. This is according to wikipedia and I have no idea what this means. But the picture referenced with this information looks very similar to the Omega Seamasters of the time. We also found that this company licensed this technology to other high end watch manufacturers. Any idea as to what these numbers could be? My watchmaker says it was hand engraved.
Im sure it is all totally unrelated, but it is a crazy coincidence then, and regardless, it gives us reason to ponder on who wore these time pieces prior to our owning them. What parts of the world have they seen? What events have they attended? How many deals have they sealed? Who is A.C. Anderson? I have your watch sir.
Click to expand...