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     Pareed New member Username: Pareed Post Number: 2 Registered: 01-2010 Rating: N/A |
looking for appraisal. american waltham pocket watch with a "1934 a century of progress fob". i believe the finish is brass? the serial number is "643271". there is another number on the movement and it is "12223025". the back of the watch appears to have a pattern of leaves. | ||
| Stevenhurley2003 New member Username: Stevenhurley2003 Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A |
looking for appraisal on Elgin, 14 karat gold, not running, without crystal pocket watch, inside case 71446, on movement "elgin national watch company" 15818364, case diameter 1 1/2 inches. Picture attached.   | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4464 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
It's be around or at the scrap value of the gold, high gold being so high right now. | ||
| Gregb Advanced Member Username: Gregb Post Number: 222 Registered: 10-2006 Rating: N/A |
You didn't mention it in your post, but it looks like you have a multi-color gold case, with the flowers in white gold. Many times, there will also be green gold or rose gold areas in the design (I can't see your design clearly enough to tell), making it a 3 or 4-color gold case. Fancier multi-color gold cases are quite popular with collectors and can exceed gold melt value, if in nice condition. Based upon the watch movement serial number you provided (15818364), the watch is a circa 1910 6-size 7--jewel Grade 289. This is a relatively low-end watch movement that was produced in large numbers (321,000 made). In a base metal (non-gold) case, the watch would be worth under $50. However, the gold multi-color case alone would probably fetch a few hundred dollars from a collector. |