OK. Removed sideplate.
Assembly number does match. Attached are 3 pics.
First shows assembly number.
Second shows the whole sideplate.
Third is a picture of the action (or is the correct term lockwork?) in case that helps you guys narrow in on the date.
No other parts found riding in the sideplate.
When I look at the outer surface of the sideplate closely, it is clear that it had some pitting that was blued over. But there is absolutely no trace at all of a crest. Not discounting the Brazilian theory altogether, but it would just seem that if someone went to the effort to remove the crest so completely, without causing any 'waves', they would have taken the 5 minutes and removed the pitted part too?
Last edited by Frankenstein; 10-15-2020 at 05:25 PM.
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