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In reply to I have several 'AMERICAN by FifthAvenueRes…
The caseback date should put it in the early 50's. I can say with certainty, There was no American Girl in the 40's or at least I've never seen one earlier than the 50's. I think this one will be from 1952-53 but I wouldn't commit to that notion 100%.
PM sent requesting update on a case date code symbol.
I'm good w/ American Girl, but I don't think this model was advertised until the 1950's. Any suggestions on a date for this watch? It couldn't have been an American Girl in 1947.
In reply to I'm good w/ American Girl, by William Smith
The two I have are dated 52 and 53, so that' would be my call.
Should we update year to our "guess" of 1952? Sounds like 1947 isn't possible w/ this model series.
In reply to Should we update year to our by William Smith
Nope, 1947 isn't a possibility but I don't think we can assingn a date without confirmation of the case date stamp. The watch is an American Girl with a movement swap. That's about as far as we should go with it.
In reply to Nope, 1947 isn't a by bourg01
I would agree, Non-Conforming American Girl, wrong movement, wrong era...
Wrong movement doesn't make it non-conforming neccesatily, it just makes it an American Girl with the wrong movement.
If you put a 10AE in a Conqueror or Lone Eagle, it would still be a Conqueror or Lone Eagle, just with the wrong movement.
Sounds like we have a non-American Girl dial now too. Incorrect movement and incorrect dial, along with no solid year of case production (which we would need to use if ID'ed as American Girl- since we are basically ID'ing the case in this instance).
I think it's either Non-Conforming, or a record which can be deleted (or ignored) since we don't even know the date.
The picture of the movement is a bit blurry so it’s kinda hard to see the movement number clearly but if you compare the movement to the 5AC, you can see it’s a match. So it’s the 5AC and not a 5AO.