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Re: Côte de genève or Geneva Stripes
In Response To: Go fume *PIC* ()

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: Does anyone know where does the term
: "cotes de geneve" comes from and
: when was it first used?

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Shaun,

found the following explanation on a helvetian website and tried to translate in English.

"Côtes de Genève"

"Refinement of a watch movement, decorating the plates and bridges with a grinding of chamfared Stripes. Also called Geneva Stripes."

I assume the dial of your wonderful Carrera is called like this, because the decoration style is alike the named kind of refinement.

The watchmakers of Geneva wanted to stand out from the crowd and 'coined' the Geneva Stripes and also the Geneva Seal as a sign of better quality. You can see this kind of refinement also on old Hamiltons of this times and anyone told me, that the US watch industry was the first to use this kind of refinement. Maybe the helvetian guys were the first to name it....

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