Old Pocket Watch ?

[Alan Payne]

Found this old pocket watch the other day at a turn of the century house. Was wondering if anyone could tell me the maker and the age and the style of it. Also, if you can confirm if it is Filled or plated or just not Gold.Any and all information is much appreciated. The watch had two dials on the face and the white part seems to be porcelain and the watch is about the size of a silver dollar. Also has a 12 sided burst or star or flower on the front at the alignments where the numbers would have been.

 

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[Fourman110]

Will it open? Serial numbers are often n the inside. Any exterior markings? Pretty watch.

 

[jewelerguy]

you'd have to pop the back off to see any markings to help identify the maker and possibly date it. Gold 'filled' and 'plated' is actually the same thing, but 'filled' is a much thicker plating. Your pics look like I can see worn (brownish looking) areas along some of the high points, so it's probably plated

 

[Truth]

Beautiful pocket watch!! Congratulations

 

[Sc0tty]

Yes awesome find!. Looks plated to me too, but maybe take it to a jeweler and see if they can pop off the back to get you more info.

 

[Tony in SC]

The back cover should pop off. There may even be a tiny slit for that purpose. Keep in mind that the info on the case will probably not pertain to the watch itself. We need to see the name and SN. on the movement.

 

[Rookster]

Man, that things in great shape to have come from under the ground. Hope it's gold plated. Super find.

 

[pepperj]

There seems to be no green verdigris around the winder or other parts of the watch, which is a great sign of it not being plated. Look right at the base of the stem and see if there's a little indent, this flat spot is where an (knife) edge can be used to flip off the back.[FONT=arial, sans-serif] [/FONT]

 

[Bruce R]

Really old ones wound with a key so that may help in dating it ?

 

[uglymailman]

Identify your POCKET WATCH
If the back won't pry off, place it between your hands, twist one hand one direction and the other the other way and it might screw apart. Good luck.

 

[baspinall]

Need a picture of the face as well. Should be marked. As others stated take the back off. Get a loop and look at the inside of back. There is probably small dates engraved and maybe initials. Watch smiths always marked them when being serviced.

 

[Alan Payne]

Thanks everyone, I will take a few more pictures and try to take it apart.

 

[Alan Payne]

Update on old pocket watch. I tried to get it apart and couldn't make it move. I think I started to peel away some of the metal trying to get it apart. The metal that peeled away looked like it was some sort of copper mixture with maybe a thin finish of gold. I will take it to a Jeweler and see if they know how to get it apart without damaging it.
One other thing, when this watch came out of the ground it was very dirty. You couldn't even tell it was shiny. I put in in Lemon Juice for about 30 to 45 seconds and it was clean.

 

[Alan Payne]

I posted the Face of the watch. To damaged to see any markings. I think my next move should be to soak it in oil of some kind for a while and try again to get it apart. I don't believe oil will damage what is there.

 

[Molewacker]

Nice find!

 

[coinman123]

It looks like the type of gold plated watch made in the late 1800's, until around WWII. If metal was peeling, I would assume that it is gold plated rather than gold filled. One interesting thing that I was told is that gold filled watches contain around 1 gram of gold, so the plating would be much thicker and durable. Really nice find, I hope that I can find a nice watch like that in the future, the only ones that I have found have been corroded, unidentifiable blobs.