newbie with a quick question

[grabagear]

high guys i just found this site and i am learning alot. i took some pics of my great grandfathers watch. there is no name on it? only some type of crest on the back. can anyone tell who made it? or the year? i will try and post the pics. thanks alot!
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg28/grabagear1/P8030536.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg28/grabagear1/P8030523.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg28/grabagear1/P8030532.jpg

[Eeeb]

The crest means nothing... it is just design that a jeweler can fill in with an initial if desired.

I see no markings on the movement (or dial for that matter). Are there any?

There are people far more expert than I around here but I would guess a turn of the century Swiss movement... but I may be wildly wrong!

[Ray MacDonald]

Thanks for posting and welcome. I agree with Eeeb. It's Swiss, 1900-1910 probably. We'll likely be unable to ID the maker as there were lots of them back then, and they didn't label their work very well.

[grabagear]

thanks alot! no there arent any other markings on it except for the number "21460" under one of the covers. thanks for the help!!!

[Ray MacDonald]

That's a case number and unfortunately these are never useful for ID. Other clues for us include Art Nouveau style hands which were big in the 1890s and early 1900s, and the porcelain dial which means before 1920 usually. However the movement is our best indicator.

[Hartmut Richter]

Movement is a fairly generic Swiss cylindre escapement from the turn of the century (19th to 20th, that is!). If there are no markings, I would not rule out the possibility that is was made in the "cottage industry". The lack of something like "Cylindre 8 Rubis" on the inside back cover is also not indicative of the highest quality. Still, it is a family heirloom and worth servicing and caring for, if it still works. I inherited a similar one from my great grandfather. It still works, it was my everyday watch in college and I still wear it occasionally - when I can still squeeze into a waistcoat!

Hartmut Richter

[grabagear]

wow! thanks alot for the help!!!

[grabagear]

i just thought of something... i should have mentioned my great grandfather was from holland.

[Waltsu]

Hello :-)
I buy this one some kind flea market..
Sorry bad english :-s
Hmm, i dont know nothing watches, but i´m always like this one.
This cost 35€ and littele tag told: last 1800 century, silver.

Can some tell me, was it expensive?
How old it realy is?
How many round key turns pulling "power"?
Or some other facts..?

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Sorry bad quality, nokia phone pics..

[Ray MacDonald]

It's a Swiss made LeCoultre style movement made between 1830 and 1875. Key wind, cylinder escapement , 8 jewels.
I can't tell about the case because the photos do not show any marks inside the back cover.

[Waltsu]

:)
Very fast answer..
I take nokia+some lens couple of pics..
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CC
4470"
and
"3427"

[Ray MacDonald]

Doesn't tell me a lot, sorry. I don't think it's a silver case.