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Does this engraving make sense to anyone?


bill59
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I don't pretend to be an expert on watches, engraving or any other questions in this thread, but two things jumped out at me:

 

Does the U.S. Navy have an Ordnance CORPS? I'm not 100% certain, but I think they have an Ordnance Bureau.

 

Why is ORD. all in caps, but Corps is not?

 

Why does it read Serial Nr. and not Serial No.? Nr. is a typical German/European abbreviation for nummer/number, while in the U.S. we typically use No. or #.

 

Just a few random thoughts, but without damn good explanations, I would find the markings suspect.

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That’s really helpful, thanks. Having researched Buships in their development of watch specs I getthe Navy should have Bureaus now. Little things are what trips people up. This is indeed a mess. Cheers. Bill

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