something from the early era of ladies' watches when Bulova also used the movements from other swiss manufacturers
1920 Rubayiat with CATTIN AUBRY movement
- Case signed "American Standard" with globe symbol
- Case description of "Warranted 20 Years"
- Movement by hand signed " BULOVA W. Co."
- Dial signed "Rubaiyat"
- No movement caliber designation
- No movement serial number
- No movement date code
- Case serial number begins with "10"
- Case style of pocket watch
Possibly I would say not a Bulova movt although it is the same ebauche as ones used by Bulova. This movt was used by many other makers as well. I have several of these Aubreys, signed similarly on the movt and dial. Double signed movts often have the Seller's name more prominently featured, with the ebauche maker in smaller font, but this one seems to be hand engraved, so not sure what to make of that. Possibly a movt swap with an attempt to make it 'match'?
In reply to Possibly I would say not a by Reverend Rob
CATTIN AUBRY is probably the maker or importer of the movement. I don't think it's the movement model. We have seen a few co-signed movements...this one is probably a very early one, even though Bulova were said to be making and importing their own during this period.
Year wise, the jury is still out for me, but I'd say it's a 1920 Rubaiyat.
Cattin was a company in Les Breuleu, and Aubry was also a company, maybe they collaborated at some point? Or possibly Aubry was the name of the sub line, not finding much about this company as far back as this. The Aubry name was resurrected several times, most recently in 1986.
Regardless, this is an FHF ebauche.
In reply to Sorry Jarosalv, looks like I by Geoff Baker
