Is this an Old Pocket Watch?

[Aquitaine]

This is rather an interesting and sentimental find that I came across the other day. It has an inscription on the inside to John on graduation 1984. It has markings on the back and there are two keys included. I don't know the reason for the keys, except to wind the watch perhaps I would love to know the age of it and if it's worth anything. Thanks so much!

 

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[unclemac]

i think the yellow one is the Russian imperial flag.

 

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[tamrock]

i think the yellow one is the Russian imperial flag.

That's what I thought, but RC said something on it being the flag of the Holy roman empire / Greek orthodox church. Or that's the one I thought he was talking about.

 

[Red-Coat]

i think the yellow one is the Russian imperial flag.

That's what I thought, but RC said something on it being the flag of the Holy roman empire / Greek orthodox church. Or that's the one I thought he was talking about.

They're similar. Although there are numerous variations, it looks more like Holy Roman Empire / Greek Orthodox.

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL:

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:

 

[Red-Coat]

i think the second flag is French, the third UK

I'm not seeing a French flag. I see four flags, with the second as the UK and the third as Belgium.

could the first flag be Italian?

The Italian and Mexican flags use the same colours, with Mexico having an emblem in the central white stripe. Italy has no emblem for its national flag, but they did have an emblem for their Royal flag. However, the flag on the watch seems to have an emblem which is circular, which would be consistent with Mexico, not Italy.

ITALIAN ROYAL:

MEXICO:

 

[unclemac]

if you look at the top of the flags, you see 5 peaks... 5 flags, the French tricolore starts red, then white, then blue. It is hard to see at first.

if you look at the first flag you can see yellow at the top of the central image which the Mexican flag does not have.

I go with Russian imperial flag simply because the date 1917 would indicate WWI, 1917 is the year Russia exited and USA entered.

Italy, France, Britain, Belgium and Russia all being part of the allies.

Mexico and any orthodox connection has no meaning in this context.