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river rat
October 24th, 2008, 17:38
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I am looking for info on this watch for a friend of mine this is a Ulysse Nardine serial no 4707,pin set,private label made for Savage Lyman & Co of Montreal Canada I would like to know when it was made and how many jewels and more info on Savage Lyman & Co I found a little info on the net they were a department store in the 1800's Ray since your in Canada I thought you mite be able to help me on this one I also know this is swiss.And another thing I notice about the movement you can see were a key would go to wind it so it had to be about the time they switch from key wind to pin set and stem wind.

Ray MacDonald
October 24th, 2008, 18:22
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.438

Savage Lyman were on Rue St. Jacques in Old Montreal in the 1800s. Henry Birks worked there before he started his own company which survives to the present day.

I'd guess this one was made around 1890. I don't have a list of serial numbers for U. Nardin, sorry.

river rat
October 24th, 2008, 19:07
Thanks Ray for the info I did not know about Henry Briks.

Ray MacDonald
October 24th, 2008, 20:21
http://www.birks.com/

RON in PA
October 25th, 2008, 10:43
To answer one of your questions, the watch appears to have 15 jewels. This number was "fully Jeweled" for many Swiss watches well into the 20th century.

Ray MacDonald
October 25th, 2008, 16:00
True and 15 jewels was pretty good back when synthetic jewels had not yet been developed.