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BAUME & MERCIER SUPER JUMBO CHRONOGRAPH LANDERON 40mm browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Instruments and Implements:Time Pieces:Wristwatches: Pre 1980: item # 955098 Please refer to our stock # VW847 when inquiring.
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BAUME & MERCIER JUMBO CUSHION CHRONOGRAPH BLACK ORIGINAL DIAL with YELLOW APPLIED FIGURES LANDERON Caliber 248 40mm Circa: 1967. Fine and rare super Jumbo. Unique creation and triple signed.
Screw back model, not a snap back Landeron Caliber 248 (the highest Grade). Today the cheapest Baume & Mercier is $1200.00 - $5000.00. Today, this chronograph model is offered as the so called: "Capland Chronograph"; suggested Retail: $3800.00. Mercier's grandfather Stanislas Mercier, a Protestant republican from Doubs, left metropolitan France and established himself in Algenra, then a French Colony. His father, Ernest Mercier, Sr. (1840-1907), was a radical mayor of Constantine, Algeria, and had five children, including Ernest Mercier, Jr., his third son. After studying at the Ecole Poytechnique, Ernest Mercier Jr. chose a career in the French Navy. He was posted to the port in Toulon, where he was responsible for modernizing the site, notably the electrical network. He completed his education at the Higher School of Electricity between 1905 and 1908, during which time he married Madeleine Tassin (1881-1924), the daughter of a republican Senator. He was later noticed by Albert Petsche, and left the public sector for private electrical enterprise. During the First World War, conscripted into the navy, he fought in the Balkans and the Dardanelles. According to Kuisel (1967, p.5), he had a "fighting spirit". Injured while in command of Romanian troops on the Danube, he returned to Paris, where he served as the liaison of Louis Loucheur (Minister of Munitions for George Clemenceau) to Generals Ferdinand Foch and Phillippe Petain, as well as to the American troops. After the war, he remained as Colonel Mercier for the Anglo-American forces. When Louis Loucheur was named Minister for the Liberated Zones, Mercier accompanied him and dealt with the German factories that were dependent on the Military Control Board. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME. DIAL: Original factory new dial with black surfaces featuring rose colored stick figures and hands. Bright orange sweep second and register hands luminate viewing. Remarkable original condition with all bright colors. MOVEMENT: All nickel and some gildt highest grade Caliber "248", pendent set, and push button activating chronograph single function. Marked: "248" under the balance. Seventeen jewels. All original to the case and dial. Excellent condition and fully functional. CASE: Screw back signed case ("BAUME & MERCIER"), cushion design with a 40mm diameter without the buttons, by 42mm in length, and 13mm thick. NOTE: Please view our return policy for exchanges and returns. We have been selling vintage watches on E-Bay since 1998 as watchco1974 with 1100 feed backs, 99.2% positive. You can buy from us with confidence. OTHER NICE FEATURES: All images provided here are of the actual watch. We securely and safely ship with U.S. Priority Mail domestically and overseas. We insure all shipments with St. Pauls Travelers Insurance Co. We accept credit card payments through paypal.com; our paypal I.D. is watchcompany@earthlink.net. We will ship immediately upon receipt. We also accept Personal Check, Money Order, Cashiers Check, wire transfer. We ship U.S. Priority Mail Service U.S. for $12.50; overseas $35.00. |
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