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Does anyone know what is it? Can't find it anywhere. From my mother before she passed away. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Pl3berino@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Would be very grateful if you could help me!

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[–] p33k4y@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Contrary to some other posts, I believe this watch is not an Eberhard, but it's also not exactly a "fake".

Rather, there were two different companies with the same name:

Eberhard & Co., a respected Swiss brand that's for historical reasons is popular in Italy (and was later bought by an Italian businessman)
Eberhard, which was a jewelry retailer in Milan, Italy

Eberhard, Milan sold jewelry and also watches from well-known makers such as Patek Phillipe and Jaeger LeCoultre. Later they began selling "private label" Swiss-made watches under their own brand, labeled "Eberhard Milan" and "Chronometre Eberhard".

At one point this led to confusion in the market and maybe even a lawsuit between the two companies.

Your watch appears to be a Eberhard Milan private labelled watch, probably from the 1920s or 1930s.

[–] rojda1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Chronometre Eberhard

This is correct. So the value will depend on whether the movement is of good quality.

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