Wizard Movement?

[Jen]

Does anyone know about movements that have the name Wizard on them? This movement also has the swiss marking FSAR on it. It is "O" sized and a cylinder escapement.

It is currently housed in a BWC Co. Windsor 20 year ladies hunting case.

Thanks,

Jenny

[Jen]

Does anyone know about movements that have the name Wizard on them? This movement also has the swiss marking FSAR on it. It is "O" sized and a cylinder escapement.

It is currently housed in a BWC Co. Windsor 20 year ladies hunting case.

Thanks,

Jenny

[Kent]

Hi Jenny:

Welcome to the NAWCC Pocket Watch Message Board!

Your Swiss movement may never really be identified. Swiss watch manufacture was made up of a large number of small shops. Many would buy movements in the rough (known as ebauches) from factories who mass-produced them, and finish the movements to the grade (quality) contracted for by the distributor/exporter. The distributor/exporter would probably have specified the name on the movement and/or dial to meet a retailer's requirement. The result is that there are a large number of generic Swiss watches whose origins may never be fully known. Don Dahlberg has written a old ref ::Good Description of the process. Also, Dr. Roland Ranfft has an online description about European watch manufacture and dates, entitled Date and Origin of a Watch (http://www.ranfft.de/uhr/info-e.htm#D1).

If you want to know about the Brooklyn Watch Case Co., we can tell you a bit about that.

Good luck,

[doug sinclair]

Jenny,

The F (faster), S (slower), A (avancer), and R (retard) are the markings near the regulator index and are no help in identiying the maker of the watch.

[Jen]

Were dials matched to these movements finished by small shops or were they mixed and matched like cases?

[Kent]

Jen:

I'm pretty sure that the dials were furnihed with the movements. That was the typical practice.