waltham [p.s. bartlett ]

[pamacm]

# 11528914 i have a hunter case 14 k case machine turned with a highly damasceened 17 jewel case. can you tell me the approximate retail value and any other information you can.. thanks, PAM

[pamacm]

# 11528914 i have a hunter case 14 k case machine turned with a highly damasceened 17 jewel case. can you tell me the approximate retail value and any other information you can.. thanks, PAM

[Kent]

Hi Pam:

As it says in the upper left-hand corner of this page, we don’t provide timepiece values. However, knowing the proper description of your watch, by using a google search you should be able to find similar watches offered by internet dealers, or on eBay, and see what they are selling for. Alternately, check the value in the "Complete Price Guide to Watches, No 25," C. Shugart, T. Engle and R. Gilbert, Cooksey Shugart Publications, Cleveland, TN, 2005. A new edition comes out each year in February. The book is available at libraries, most major bookstores and online at the NAWCC Gift Shop (http://www.nawcc.org/giftshop/americart/bk_watch.htm). The No 24 (the 2004) edition is shown, but contact them and ask for No. 25.

You can find out some basic facts about your Waltham watch by entering the serial number on the movement (the "works") in the field on the NAWCC Information Storage - Waltham Serial Number Data Base (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/LookupSN.asp) (don't use any commas). There is also a Glossary (http://www.nawcc-info.org/WalthamDB/Glossary.htm) of the terms provided by the serial number lookup. Should the date not be listed there, this Waltham Production Date (http://www.oldwatch.com/walthamdate.html) chart is a means for determining the approximate production date.

Catalog Information for some Waltham watches can be seen online in scans from the:

1903 Oy Company Catalog at:
<span class="ev_code_brown">www.elginwatches.com/scans/sales_catalogs/1903_Oy_Company/m_index.html</span>

<span class="ev_code_blue">To view, go to the </span><span class="ev_code_brown">Elgin Watch Collectors Site Home Page</span> <span class="ev_code_blue">at</span> <span class="ev_code_brown">elginwatches.com</span>, <span class="ev_code_blue">then copy and paste the address in your browser's address bar and click on </span>'Go'.

Good luck