Cased EK2 "FR"

[TerryG]

Here is my new arrival, an "FR" marked EK2 with a great looking case.

[TerryG]

EK2

Close up

[TerryG]

EK2

The back

[TerryG]

EK2

The lovely case

[TerryG]

EK2

close up of the FR mark. Not very clear but the mark is in fact very clear when looking through the magnifier.

[Tom Y]

Aha,so you were suckered by the latest Latvian fake . Send it to me and I'll see that it's disposed of properly

[TerryG]

EK2

I'd like more of this type of fakes (and less of the ones I have picked up from unscrupulous dealers in the past)....I think I'll keep this one after all

[Doug See]

Yes, definitely a fake. The Fr stands for Francois. The French have copied the Latvian techniques. Did you get that off of eBay from a guy in DeSoto or Cedar Hill TX?

[gregM]

" FR "

As far as maker marks go, is FR any more or less common
than anyother mark??

[Brian S]

CASED ek2, very nice! So Francois is making these instead of $6 tinnies? Wise indeed! Lot of money to be made in ek2's

[Doug See]

Fr is Friedlander. They are not rare, but you don't see too many. Their pieces seem to be of very high quality. I can't seem to find a reference on where they were located.

[Brian S]

That seems to be the case with most of the EKII manufacturers, no idea where they all came from.

[JensF.]

Friedländer was in Berlin (Hofjuwelier). A very beautiful case!

[PaulChep]

Nice

While the case in not common it is also not uncommon. It is one of the more "mass", for lack of a better word, produced cases and not a custom case by a house jeweler. Nontheless it is a really nice cleane piece.