Its my first wedding anniversary coming up and my hubby loves pocket watches (especially those that are antique). I was thinking of getting him one as a present. I'm not sure which is more thoughtful, a plain one then engraved with a message or one that has a nice design on the front. My budget doesn't stretch far enough to get him a nice antique watch unfortunately.

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How would I go about finding the value of this watch? I have the serial # if that helps. It is gold coloured. The back side is etched in floral design. 15 Jewels.

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The back of the watch Has Fortune A.W.C co, 723292 gold filled. It has etching on the outside.

One the inside It says Elgin Nat Watch co. USA. 21 Jewels 13183422 #349. On the inside of the rim (where the back attaches) there is a number 32 92. Where can I find the value of this watch?

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I got this pocket watch from my Grandparents. It was in a very old chest with many other antiqued items - I'm assuming 1900-1925?

Anyway I've searched Google up and down! and no luck!!! Here are the watch details:

- Under the back cap, engraved it says "Sevenenteen 17 Jewels
Banner Watch Co
Swiss"
- On the inside of the back cap is engraved "Keystone Victory 10k Rolled Gold Plate" and a serial #
- On the face it says "Banner Seventeen"

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Can anyone tell me anything about this watch?!?!? Any help would be great! How old the watch is? If it's worth anything? And when I first tinkered with it, I cranked it up and the pocket watch started ticking!!! It stopped not too long there after, and now doesn't do anything when I crank it.... Anyone know how to get it ticking again?!??!

Thanks for your time,

Scott
Thank You! I posted this question in another category with no luck and just copy/pasted the body of the text.... and the urls i ctrl+v'd were not full urls.... here they are!!

plz help me!!

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Throughout the day, Holly and her friends went to every place there was in Cincinnati. Saturday to Holly was always a day to go out and do stuff with friends. Several times she had to stop Savannah from buying something silly like nick-knacks or some kind of antique item. Savannah insisted it was for her collection, but Holly wouldn't listen. People had to stop and watch the girls act silly and stupid. Stupid things seemed to have been Savannah's middle name.
Night soon fell, and they had to go back to the hotel. In room 315, they sat in the living room pigging out on Chinese, playing guitar hero in which Andy had bought for Savannah, and making jokes. Andy flicked some rice onto Savannah, causing her to flinch.

"Way mature, Andy." she said, wiping rice off of her shirt.
Everyone teetered at Savannah's expense. Carter sat in front of the TV with a white headset over his ears.
"You killed thirty people in Halo 3." Andy commented. "I would hate to be in that game."
Savannah laughed, knocking her head back. Carter looked at her with an amused expression.
"Are you ticklish?" he asked.
"No, how come?"
"Oh, nothing, it's just---"
Without any warning, Savannah burst into fits of laughter while Carter tickled her crazily.
"Aha!" he said. "You were lying!"
"Stop it!" she laughed. "I hate that!"

Holly watched as Carter and Savannah joked around. They made such a cute and fun couple. She wanted to say something about it, but she knew it would make Savannah annoyed.
"I'll be back." announced Savannah, getting up off of the floor. "I need to get something to drink."
"Me, too." Carter said, following Savannah out of the room.
"So Monday's spirit day." Maris said to no one in particular. "What are the dress days?"
"Monday's sporty day, Tuesday's neo day, Wednesday's disco/groovy day, Thursday's super hero day, and Friday's blue and white day." answered Reese, taking a bite out of her orange chicken.

The whole time Reese was saying so, Andy saw Carter and Savannah kissing in the kitchen. He laughed to himself because they thought they could sneak around and do it.
When they came back, they acted like nothing had happened.
"Dude, if you were going to suck face with SavannahKitten, you could have just said so." smirked Andy.

Carter's face went red. "What are you talking about. We weren't sucking faces."
"I saw you two doing it!" laughed Andy, patting Carter on the back.
"Know you didn't." smiled Savannah. "It was all in your mind."
"Vanny, why would you lie about it when he caught you." Danielle said bemusedly.
Carter laughed uproarciously. "Okay, so we were."
"Man, you guys are nosey." Savannah said, breaking her fortune cookie in half.
The piece of paper inside told her she would be the queen of something very important. She shoved it into her pocket and then leaned her head against Carter. He pulled her up, placing her on his lap.

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I own a Jewelry store and I recently took this watch in as a trade. The watch looks valuable but the truth is I know nothing about watches. Can anyone tell me anything about it? What does the stamp warranted mean?

Its stamped Warranted 18 Karat Fine then on the back inside cover it has the serial number 71280, then inside it has the serial number again 71280 with a second number which says 199. Then on the inside workings it has a serial number which says 303910. It says E.Howard & CO then it says Boston, this is both on the front and inside workings of the watch. Watch case sice is 18.

Here is a link to some pictures of the watchs case workings and face. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab23/mick52161/

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Please help me make up my mind. Someone has offered to get me a fine watch for my birthday coming up soon. Price is not an issue. I am not sure if I want a modern wristwatch or an antique pocket watch. I have narrowed it down to a new Rolex Sea Dweller Deep Sea wristwatch or a 100 year old mint condition Vacheron and Constantin gold pocket watch still in the original box. I likely would not be planning to wear either and they both cost about the same. All I want to know is if you were in my shoes which one would you take? Thanks

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I recently came across a antique Austrian Pocket Watch Chain 2mm Pin Fire Single Shot Pistol. Any Idea on the worth, good shape?

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It was opening night at the Orpheum and the Amazing Eileen was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed hypnotist do her stuff.

As the Amazing Eileen took to the stage, she announced, "Unlike most stage hypnotists who invite two or three people up onto the stage to be put into a trance, I intend to hypnotize each and every member of the audience."

The excitement was almost electric as the Amazing Eileen withdrew a beautiful antique pocket watch from her coat.

"I want you each to keep your eye on this antique watch. It's a very special watch. Its been in my family for six generations."

She began to swing the watch gently back and forth while quietly chanting, "Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch.... "

The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth, light gleaming off its polished surface.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed the swaying watch, until suddenly it slipped from the hypnotist's fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces.

"$hit" said the hypnotist.

It took three weeks to clean up the theatre.
Sorry for the double post. I got the old "taking a breather" message and didn't think the first one went through!

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