#SPIEDEL WATCH SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP HOW TO#

Some watches that are early in Gruen's history only have a Strap number, but the later models, after the late 1920's, generally have a model name that's more consumer friendlier and sexier. Before Gruen began using more marketable names such as the Croydon or Wesleyan, they used names such as 'Strap 110'. You may already know, Gruens have names that somewhat categorize them such as Curvex, Veri-Thin, Quadron, Cartouche, and Baguette.

By model name I mean the name you see in Gruen ads, newspapers, what you would ask the jeweler to see back when your watch was originally made, and folks you meet at watch shows. The vast majority of Gruens have a model name. Take the next step, learn as much as possible while you're neck deep in researching your particular watch, you may never go back and continue your education later.

There a great number ofВ opportunities for you to stop, but don't. Regardless of what direction you go please do this one thing. The pathВ refersВ to the journey, or trip I take, because finding the information is much like a journey through a maze of data. I often deviate, make up new steps, recall past research that may help for this specific watch, or simply have momentarily forgotten part of the well-worn path I use. This just happens to be one of the set of steps I follow to identify Gruens. In the title, I say 'one path' because there is no definitive, hard-fast set of rules to utilizing facts at hand to identify, date, or gain general knowledge of your Gruen watch. A large amount of knowledge on Gruen watches has been compacted down into several books, all of which play some role in learning more about Gruen watches, their history, and the detailed data about each watch. Because they exist to help perform identifications, they will of course be the core of the techniques discussed below. If you don't care to purchase this body of knowledge, that's fine. The Gruen Identification books are meant to do what is described here, identify Gruen watches.

#SPIEDEL WATCH SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP HOW TO#

If you own one of more of these books, then this tutorial will be of help in educating you on how to best use them. The tutorial presented here, is a presentation on how to use the Gruen identification and research tools that were written specifically help help collectors gain knowledge.

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