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Now, the English style is a different animal. English makers tended to go for something more austere. Usually, an English watchmaker would take a movement and use a mercury gold-gilded, link frosted finish for the plate and bridges, and often they stuck with full plate or ¾ plate construction. They also tended to prefer heavier construction overall – making ultra-thin watches was never really part of the English or for that matter, the American link watchmaking tradition, link either.

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