All about Gruen

[Fred]

Style: 695-200 (true 15J cal 695)
Case # 5,490,220 (Wadsworth-Gruen)
Mvt sn (none)
Date: ca1935

The two-tone version (white gf lugs) is WR114 in master book. Here is the missing single-tone version. I do not have a name for either. Note the lugs are slotted/cut through, not enameled/inlaid.

[Mr. Bieser]

Kind of interesting the Waddy's stamp on the side of the case and thanks for showing caliber 695 too.

[Fred]

Thanks. I’ve often speculated there’s a date/regulation floating out there, to begin marking the outside of the case/caseback. Never pinned it down, though.

This watch was eye opening for me: it illustrates the 5.4mm case numbers have a “long tail.” Several years. This is one of the latest I’ve seen before the “G” series jump—or, better said, it’s ahead of the jump before the “G” jump.

[Fred]

Very close to "Deauville," shown at end of 1935. Thoughts?

[Dietrich]

I agree, the Deauville was also my first thought.

[Fred]

Different hands in ad, but I think a match