✅ SOLVED Pocket Watch help

Garabaldi

Garabaldi

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Just found this "Waltham A.W.W CO WALTHAM MASS 17 JEWELS" gold pocket watch. I has numbers etched into it 03379. I found the same looking watch on line that says its solid gold. Any ideas? The one I found online was priced at $800 and was made from 1917-1918. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is solid gold?
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There should be a longer number on the movement (rather than the case) that will help date it, which I think might be a bit earlier than you mentioned (but I may be wrong).
The maker of the case was not likely Waltham, but would be noted (possibly just by a hallmark on the case (inside the back cover?) But even so, I'm not sure records exist for materials used from watch case manufacturers to identify materials by the case number.
 

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nhbenz said:
There should be a longer number on the movement (rather than the case) that will help date it, which I think might be a bit earlier than you mentioned (but I may be wrong).
The maker of the case was not likely Waltham, but would be noted (possibly just by a hallmark on the case (inside the back cover?) But even so, I'm not sure records exist for materials used from watch case manufacturers to identify materials by the case number.
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Thanks for the info. On the face of the watch it says Waltham and on the back, so I'm confident it was made at the Waltham watch factory wich is a couple towns away from me.

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what is the sn on the movement? can not help on the case unless you have the maker
 

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Nhbenz is correct. There should be a longer number possibly in the millions on the movement. With that number you can easily find the year of manufacture for the movement, as for the case being gold it's a good possibility. Does the case say something like 10 or 20 years warranted? If so then the case would be gold plated brass. HH

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i can look up the year model and production runs of the movement and the grade
 

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The face and the back (both marked Waltham) and all the gears in between are the movement (essentially), and the round part that it fits into with the front and back covers are the case along with the winding crown which were made by some other company on many (most?) pre-1920 American pocket watches. (who that was is what we're after)
 

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nsdq said:
never seen that site before looks like a bookmarker
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Sorry but I don't understand

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Is that rust or dirt around the rim? Will be nice to see it cleaned up some more, right now it doesn't look like solid gold only because of the rust or dirt. Kriopelle, that was a nice site, very informative & to the point. A keeper. And that's what nsdq means also 8-)
 

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nsdq said:
saved the site in a book mark on the computer for quick ref
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Thank you nsdq. I thought I did something wrong or something. Lol. A couple years back I was laid off and picked up pocket watches as kind of a hobby. Still have quite a fondness of old Walthams. HH

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Thanks Reed. I didn't catch your post before I posted. Looks like we posted at the same time

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nhbenz said:
The face and the back (both marked Waltham) and all the gears in between are the movement (essentially), and the round part that it fits into with the front and back covers are the case along with the winding crown which were made by some other company on many (most?) pre-1920 American pocket watches. (who that was is what we're after)
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Thank you for this explanation, ill work on the number.

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Reed Lukens said:
Is that rust or dirt around the rim? Will be nice to see it cleaned up some more, right now it doesn't look like solid gold only because of the rust or dirt. Kriopelle, that was a nice site, very informative & to the point. A keeper. And that's what nsdq means also 8-)
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There seems to be a black paint on the edge, any rust area chips off. Under a magnifier there is no area that has gold flaking that's robed, so I'm leaning toward solid gold. Ill get it tested tomorrow.

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