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   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   "Jon"  wrote in message   
   news:ck5kb4$97v$1@sparta.btinternet.com...   
   > Thanks for replying, i doubted if anyone would know but it   
   was worth a try.   
   > It does still work, i wound it up and it ran for about 4   
   days, half way but   
   > not quite. I'll be getting it repaired soon, i've always   
   wanted a watch like   
   > that, so hopefully it will run for eight days.   
      
   The "U" over a cross is the London import mark.   
      
   The "S", as you rightly assume, indicates the year (1913).   
   The year mark never indicates any particular assay office   
   and was discontinued after 1975.   
      
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