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kronos
04-18-2006, 10:43 AM
Hello

I am also looking for information about this watch:

A very small pocket watch, you can see it's size compared to a 50p in the photographs. It appears to have a Mother of Pearl face with the name 'Old England' on it.

The casework appears to be brass and the movement has the name 'Jura Watch Company' stamped on it. Thanks


http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6848/watch27bj.jpg

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3290/watch14xy.jpg
kronos
04-18-2006, 10:43 AM
Hello

I am also looking for information about this watch:

A very small pocket watch, you can see it's size compared to a 50p in the photographs. It appears to have a Mother of Pearl face with the name 'Old England' on it.

The casework appears to be brass and the movement has the name 'Jura Watch Company' stamped on it. Thanks


http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6848/watch27bj.jpg

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3290/watch14xy.jpg
kronos
04-20-2006, 01:35 AM
hello

no opinions? :smile:
Dr. Jon
04-20-2006, 01:52 AM
Its hard to tell much at the posted resolution. Jura is a mountain range on the French Swiss Border trying to suggest Swiss manufacture.

The movemetn looks low grade and could be Swiss. You wrote "Stamped". IF so this also is a sign of a low grade movement. Makers of higher grade movemetn engrave their names.

I think it could been made at any time from the 1940's to the presnt.

You have a low grade private labled watch. These watches represent really good engineering to get everything to work and there are people who collect them.
doug sinclair
04-20-2006, 02:16 AM
kronos,

It looks to me very much like a pin lever, low jewel, (one or two jewels) BFG (Baumgartner) movement such as seen here (http://www.timezone.com/library/extras/extras631678813828045393). I doubt very much that the dial is actually mother of pearl. Watches of this type (read cheap) usually use a plastic, textured dial that might pass as mother of pearl to the unwary, but wouldn't fool a serious collector. This watch would be considered a "fashion jewellery" watch, or a "costume" watch. Not collectable, sorry!