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Does anyone know what is it? Can't find it anywhere. From my mother before she passed away. (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by Pl3berino@alien.top to c/watches@style.land
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Would be very grateful if you could help me!

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[–] p33k4y@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Contrary to some other posts, I believe this watch is not an Eberhard, but it's also not exactly a "fake".

Rather, there were two different companies with the same name:

  1. Eberhard & Co., a respected Swiss brand that's for historical reasons is popular in Italy (and was later bought by an Italian businessman)
  2. Eberhard, which was a jewelry retailer in Milan, Italy

Eberhard, Milan sold jewelry and also watches from well-known makers such as Patek Phillipe and Jaeger LeCoultre. Later they began selling "private label" Swiss-made watches under their own brand, labeled "Eberhard Milan" and "Chronometre Eberhard".

At one point this led to confusion in the market and maybe even a lawsuit between the two companies.

Your watch appears to be a Eberhard Milan private labelled watch, probably from the 1920s or 1930s.

[–] rojda1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Chronometre Eberhard

This is correct. So the value will depend on whether the movement is of good quality.

[–] scratchblue@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bravo!! This is perhaps the best ID post I've seen in this sub. I'm so glad you came along to give a good answer instead of having OP left thinking it was a fake watch.

[–] Pl3berino@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That would make sense since my granpa was Italian and was born around 1905, and it was his watch. Thanks a lot for your comprehensive answer!