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And also if VC had their old correspondence as well.
Joseph
And now for something completely different!
Here is something one doesn’t see very often.
It’s a letter from 1846 from Bologna, Italy to Vacheron-Constantin in Geneva.
I came across it at the Italian eBay site while on a bit of a wild goose chase for something else.
The problem as you can see is that the script is quite florid making it difficult to read. In addition some letters are shaped in an unfamiliar manner (to me) in this very cursive, highly decorative writing.
Nevertheless, I have included some text that I was able to decipher. Translation is not a problem, reading it is.
It deals with some business transactions, and an upcoming meeting at a trade fair in Geneva as well as a payment and some business of one of the author’s cousins.
It’s an interesting snippet of history.
I will leave it to others to see if they can decipher the letter more thoroughly.
Here is what I have been able to discern:Bologna le 25 Juillet 1846Messieurs Vacheron & Constantin a GeneveJe vous confirme ma letter du 10 (…) Par (…) je n’y (donne croit ??) de (… 114) qui M. Gaston Bovy d’ici m’a payé (…) (compte?)Louis Coletti partira lundi (…) la foire. Il parlera avec les chefs du maison en Geneve qui se trouvent La (…) l’affaire de son cousin. (Monsieur?) Cuanillon se trouve aussi en foire.Sans autre pour aujord’hui je vous salue Tres cordialement.Messieurs (…) Cuanillon G. GiavarottiI have not been able to track down any of the people mentioned althoughthere was someone with the surname "Cuanillon" who was involved with thedevelopment of the Valjoux 7750. I'm not even sure I got the spelling right in the names Joseph
It’s a letter from 1846 from Bologna, Italy to Vacheron-Constantin in Geneva.
I came across it at the Italian eBay site while on a bit of a wild goose chase for something else.
The problem as you can see is that the script is quite florid making it difficult to read. In addition some letters are shaped in an unfamiliar manner (to me) in this very cursive, highly decorative writing.
Nevertheless, I have included some text that I was able to decipher. Translation is not a problem, reading it is.
It deals with some business transactions, and an upcoming meeting at a trade fair in Geneva as well as a payment and some business of one of the author’s cousins.
It’s an interesting snippet of history.
I will leave it to others to see if they can decipher the letter more thoroughly.
Here is what I have been able to discern:Bologna le 25 Juillet 1846Messieurs Vacheron & Constantin a GeneveJe vous confirme ma letter du 10 (…) Par (…) je n’y (donne croit ??) de (… 114) qui M. Gaston Bovy d’ici m’a payé (…) (compte?)Louis Coletti partira lundi (…) la foire. Il parlera avec les chefs du maison en Geneve qui se trouvent La (…) l’affaire de son cousin. (Monsieur?) Cuanillon se trouve aussi en foire.Sans autre pour aujord’hui je vous salue Tres cordialement.Messieurs (…) Cuanillon G. GiavarottiI have not been able to track down any of the people mentioned althoughthere was someone with the surname "Cuanillon" who was involved with thedevelopment of the Valjoux 7750. I'm not even sure I got the spelling right in the names Joseph
I added some elements I could translate:
Je vous confirme ma lettre du 10 (...) Par celle-ci je (...)
donne crédit de
(...) 114 que M. (...) Bovy d'ici m'a payé pour (...) compte
Louis Coltelli partira lundi (...) pour la foire, il y parlera avec les chefs des maisons de Genève
qui se trouvent là pour l'affaire de son cousin.
M. (...) Cuanillon se trouve aussi en foire.
Sans autre (...) je vous salue Messieurs.
Très cordialement
Interesting finding
Cheers.
This message has been edited by Mark in Paris on 2013-04-10 12:21:30
Neat....
I wonder if longstanding retailers of Vacheron Constantin have archived all their correspondence with the firm in any organized way. It would make for an interesting study.
Bill
I was wondering the same thing, Bill
And also if VC had their old correspondence as well.
Joseph