Old pocket watch ID help

[Digger92]

Any info on the maker and date made would be awesome. Sorry if its a long shot but thought I would give it a try on here

 

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[Mackaydon]

Open it up and tell us about any letters or words you see; and let us see the inner works.
Don.......

 

[Digger92]

Open it up and tell us about any letters or words you see; and let us see the inner works.
Don.......

It is just a back plate, however it says on the back made in the USA and has a curved line with markings radiating from the line. It looks much like eyelashes on the metal. That's about all it has, sorry again if its just to worn to tell but I thought it might be worth a try haha

 

[wvwildman]

i found one like that 2 weeks ago

 

[GpSnoopy]

On older Pocket Watches and/or cases, even with distinguishing marks, that would only ID the case manufacturer, not what movement was in it.

Only a small percentage of American watches (or Swiss watches for the North American market) were cased at the factories prior to the mid-1920's (even then, uncased movements were furnished to the trade at least until the 1960's). Most watch companies just made movements (the "works") in industry standard sizes. These were shipped to jobbers, distributors and retailers in various tins and other containers. The case companies made cases in those same sizes. The practice at that time was to go to a jeweler, select the quality of the movement and then pick out the desired style and quality of case. The jeweler would then fit the movement to the case in a matter of moments.

 

[Digger92]

On older Pocket Watches and/or cases, even with distinguishing marks, that would only ID the case manufacturer, not what movement was in it.

Alright, thank you! This was informative