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Old 17 February 2009, 08:07 AM   #14
Skutt50
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xenophone, you may be thinking about Adjusted watches. In the old days import tariffs to the US were less on unadjusted watches. In 1949 the charge was 50cents per adjustment.

(Source: http://elginwatches.org/technical/adjustments.html)
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