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She asked if I could take a look.
When I turned up today, she handed me what I thought was a bracelet.
A closer look revealed a tiny watch with a dial in a bit of a poor state.
 
Of course she was joking but she just wanted to show me it. She claims its "about 100 years old"
 
Any ideas if it could be really that old.
If needs be I could try to open it up for more photos tomorrow once I've set up my new desk lamp.
 
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I would say by the style its from 1920's could be as late as 1930's. If it is gold it should have a hallmark inside the case and it can be dated by that.

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  On 10/14/2018 at 8:22 PM, ro63rto said:

She asked if I could take a look.
When I turned up today, she handed me what I thought was a bracelet.
A closer look revealed a tiny watch with a dial in a bit of a poor state.
 
Of course she was joking but she just wanted to show me it. She claims its "about 100 years old"
 
Any ideas if it could be really that old.
If needs be I could try to open it up for more photos tomorrow once I've set up my new desk lamp.
 
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It never ceases to amaze me how small this ladies vintage watches were. They must have had remarkable eyesight.

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ro63rto Distinguished Member

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No time today but I did give it a tentative couple of winds and blow me down it started to tick.
Gonna be really disappointed if this turns out to be a newer copy of the swinging 30's style of watches.

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Ok

Small update

Abandoned trying to use my new light as i had to use a macro lens on my mobile to get a good enough pic so it blocked out the light [emoji35]

 

Anyway, the case is 18k gold [emoji322]

 

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The dial isn't as bad as it looked, it's the plastic crystal that's badly scratched.

 

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Can't see any makers marks on the teeny tiny movement though. Difficult to get a decent pic using a mobile phone [emoji26] . As I said, still ticking away [emoji106]

 

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Looks like a cylinder movement. The photo is not that clear for my eyes. I’m saying cylinder because the balance wheel is not compensated. You should be able to clean that dial up, remove the hands, You need a rubber the sort that rubs away pencil marks, rub all over the dial, don’t worry you will not harm the dial in any way. It will come up a lot better than how it looks at present.  

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  On 10/15/2018 at 12:00 PM, ro63rto said:

Thanks guys emoji106.png

Hopefully I'll get a few photos today. Setting up my temporary little area for a few jobs and will try out this new light.
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I have these lamps, they really do a great job, they have a dimmer and you can set warm to cold light

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