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Anybody put an ID on this watch ??

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Found this today at an old church. I was picking up early teens to middle fourty's wheaties when this popped up. Anybody know how to open it ?? It's heavy and appears to be solid gold.....about as big as a 50 cent piece. Any ID would be appreciated.
Thanks
Guy
 
Hi Guy,
Yours is probably (even with the octagon shaped case) a more common design for a smaller ladies watch, circa 1900-1930.There were a zillion companies making similar watches at the turn of the century. It does look to be gold- but its hard to tell for sure. The best way to tell is to remove the back of the watch case and look at both the watch works for company name and on the inside case back cover for marks denoting the case`s gold content. It should (if its gold) be marked either 10 K or 14K, or it could be gold filled.You should have no problem replacing the case back afterwards. Let us know what you find out.
Where in N.C. are you? I live in the Erwin/ Dunn area. Neat Find!!! God Bless ,--- Charlie in NC
 
Thanks for your info. Got the back off, and as you can see it's 14K !! Lots of other numbers engraved on the inside, but no clue as to how old it is.
I live in Martin County.
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Guy
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The Roy Watch Case Co. had offices in New York and London, and was in business at least by the early 1890
 
The hand inscribed numbers and letters you see are typically those of a jeweler who has worked on the watch before. Sometimes they will mark it with the date they serviced it. Very nice find.
 
Also, there are websites out there where you can take the serial number off of the watch itself, not the case, and date your watch. Just thought you might like to know.
 
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