Mariage (clock)

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A mariage ( French for 'wedding') describes a watch in watchmaking that is composed of more than one watch.

properties

In the case of older watches, some spare parts are no longer manufactured in series , but have to be individually rebuilt in the course of a rhabillage . Alternatively, spare parts can also be replaced from watches with identical or structurally similar parts, provided that no spare parts or watchmaker's tools are available to manufacture the spare parts. Marriage attempts to improve the functionality of a watch at the expense of one or more other watches. Since parts of at least two clocks are combined, both the process and the functional product are referred to as marriage .

In the past, this procedure was mostly only for practical reasons, i.e. H. a clock should be functional again or be improved, today it mostly concerns clocks that are traded as antiques . In the simplest case, a single old clockwork is inserted into another, also old case; But there are also cases in which watches largely consist of parts that did not originally belong together, often supplemented with industrially re-produced parts. Features that are particularly popular in the trade are also added subsequently, for example Comtoise watches with a Gallic rooster are particularly sought after by collectors and are therefore sometimes supplemented accordingly.

Mariages and especially watches with structurally similar spare parts are no longer considered to be in their original condition, which can result in a decrease in value. The concealment of a Mariage known to him by the seller can u. This may be considered fraud , but in individual cases it is often difficult to prove that the seller actually knew about this defect.

literature

  • Otto Böckle, Wilhelm Brauns: Textbook for the watchmaking trade. Work skills and materials. 8-10 Edition. Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1951 (reprint, edited by Michael Stern. Heel, Königswinter 2010, ISBN 978-3-86852-288-4 ).
  • Hermann Brinkmann: Introduction to watchmaking (= The watchmaking school. Vol. 2). 10th unchanged edition. Wilhelm Knapp, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-87420-010-8 .
  • George Daniels : Watchmaking. Updated 2011 edition. Philip Wilson Publishers, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-85667-704-5 .