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André, so the investigation then moved on to find which one could be the footballer, but that sport did not appear as an important element in either biography, and despite trying to contact his heirs, that path did not advance. It was only a photograph of André as a young man that clarified that he was the same one found in the old images of Madrid; furthermore, in his obituary in
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39mm diameter engraved steel polished case-back and the case contains the
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In spring 2023, Vulcain, in collaboration with
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of Madrid on 17 November 1907, stating that a "Young Swiss man, wishing to learn
Spanish, already knowing French and German. J. Didisheim". After the J led him to a dead end, Azumendi kept looking and found out that between 1907 and 1909, there were two Didisheims residing in Madrid, Jean-Louis and
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