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Originally Posted by Nav01L
You’re certainly right in that there are no rules that we would know of for sure. But if you look at what united the three brands of what we know as the trinity, it is that all three were/are widely recognized and respected purveyors of very high quality, hand finished complicated watchmaking at scale. So you could argue that, among the big brands, they are the best you can get in terms of execution.
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What was the output of each in 1960 since you mention it? Haven't had time to find that data.
As for finishing, which techniques are considered and to what extent? Does it have to be throughout the entire production, or is a sliding scale of hand finishing quality per price allowed? Does additional movement decoration, such as ALS, give it higher merit? Given what I think are your rules, we need to remove at least one old school and add ALS ????