amanico
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Minerva 1527 Chronograph. Having some relations is always good.
Some years ago, I took pictures of this vintage Minerva Chronograph...
And I wondered if it was not a Minerva dial mounted in a Jardur Case, with a Jardur bezel.
Till... Recently, when a good friend and an editor asked for some pictures in hi resolution of this Chronograph. I shared my doubts with him, and he sent me this ad:
It is clearly the same case and bezel! Now it doesn't have a tachymeter, but maybe it also existed with a tachymeter? Who knows... The hands don't look correct, though. But there are no more doubts about the case and the bezel.
Here is a Jardur Chronograph, to show you why I had some doubts:
We learn everyday!
Best,
Nicolas
Minerva 1527 Chronograph. Having some relations is always good.
Some years ago, I took pictures of this vintage Minerva Chronograph... And I wondered if it was not a Minerva dial mounted in a Jardur Case, with a Jardur bezel. Till... Recently, when a good friend and an editor asked for some pictures in hi resolution o...
My first thoughts were the same as yours - a Minerva dial in a Jardur case.
How interesting this ad is! Perhaps not unusual though, given how back in the heyday of watch making all supply chains were not monopolized
