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Is the Hermle movement #1050-030A and the Hermle movement #502-8691 comparable in quality and sound?

I am considering a wall clock that has the #502-8691 movement with a similar clock with a #1050-030A movement. Both are sligh wall clocks. Thank you for your opinion.

JC

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The 502-8691 does not look like a Hermle number. I am familiar with almost all of their mechanical movement numbers and I've never seen that one. It might be a Sligh number. Can you find out if this number is stamped on the back of the movement? Sligh uses an "in house" number that won't actually be a Hermle number.  

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