can any1 tell me anything about a watch

[pepsievans]

i have a silver pocket watch;it has waltham mass written on the inside and farringdon d written on the face the serial no. is 2976968 and it is still working perfectly i don't know anything about it except that my father had it for a long time

[pepsievans]

i have a silver pocket watch;it has waltham mass written on the inside and farringdon d written on the face the serial no. is 2976968 and it is still working perfectly i don't know anything about it except that my father had it for a long time

[Mikrolisk]

Your watch was build in 1886, is 14-sized, has 7 to 11 jewels, a Breguet spring with a steel balance, a full plated movement (unadjusted).

Regards, Andreas

[pepsievans]

does anyone have any idea of the value

[Kent]

Hi pepsievans:

Welcome to the NAWCC Pocket Watch Message Board!

Your watch sounds like a 'private label,' or 'contract,' watch. Just about all the watch companies, including the Swiss firms, would mark both the watch movements and/or the dials in just about any manner for any customer who wished to pay for the service. I don't have any exact references for the costs, but I've heard (read?) that, for some companies, if five or more watches were ordered, there was no charge for marking the movements. Special dials were said to cost 25 or 50 cents each. Some watch manufacturers were more liberal. The Illinois Watch Co. probably produced the largest number of private label watches, a number of which, mostly those with names associated with railroads, are considered to be highly collectable.

As it says in the upper left-hand corner of this page, we don’t provide timepiece values. However, now that you know the proper description of your watch, by using a Google Search (http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en) 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.

[Mikrolisk]

Or in other words:
A pocket watch is worth what people are willing to pay for it. :wink:

Andreas

[Jon Hanson]

Or, follow "fleabay" and compare prices!