F.B. Steacy S. Silver???

[Sheila Gilbert]

Does onyone know this name?
Says Sterling silver. Movement says O. Canada
1900?? made into a wrist watch but is a Pocket watch for sure
Sheila

[Sheila Gilbert]

Does onyone know this name?
Says Sterling silver. Movement says O. Canada
1900?? made into a wrist watch but is a Pocket watch for sure
Sheila

[doug sinclair]

Sheila,

This sounds like a private label watch with the jeweller or distributor name on the dial. With the Canadian connection, it is possible it could have been sold by an early 20th century retail jeweller in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Canada by the name of Stacy, Steacy, or Stacey. I am not certain of the spelling, however.

Doug S.

[Sheila Gilbert]

It's a F.B.Steacy for sure, and it is marked Brockville, Ont. The dial and case are both marked with the name, and also says Regal Sterling Silver. Do you know the name?
Private name watches are a mystery to me, are they any good? Can you tell me what Regal Sterling Silver is?
Thank you,
Sheila

[Kent]

Sheila:

Private label watches were contracted for by a large range of companies, from Sears, Roebuck down to the smaller jewelers in the little towns. 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, but some watch manufacturers were more liberal.

I think that Brockville is a couple of hundred kilometers north east of Kingston, along the St. Lawrence.

I suspect that Regal is either the case manufacturer or the grade of the case, possibly a name made up by F.B.Steacy.

It would be helpful if you could post a picture of the movement, the clearer and sharper, the better. We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates.

A digital camera would be very helpful. For an open-face, screw back & bezel watch you can get good results by placing the movement on a flatbed scanner. A hunting-case movement, or an open-face movement in a hinged case would have to be removed from the case for this to work. Otherwise, its back to the camera.

Larry Jones has written up a useful article on Image Posting (http://www.larjones.com/data/imagehelp.html), which may be helpful.

Or, when you click on the Reply button, at the lower right-hand corner of the bottom post in a thread, the Reply To: box that opens has a toolbar at its top. The right-hand icon on the toolbar is a paperclip. Clicking upon the paperclip icon will open a box that allows you to select a picture file to attach to your post. Use the Browse button to navigate to the location in which the picture file resides on your disk drive and select it. Since this only permits one picture per reply, you can reply once for each picture.

If you have a problem posting the picture(s), you can attach it (them) to an e-mail to me (you can get my email address by clicking on my name in the upper left-hand corner of this post and viewing my Public Profile) and I'll post it (them) for you.

Its also helpful if you can post all the markings that are on the movement in case they can't be seen in the picture(s).

Good luck,
Kent

[HenryB]

One of these dropped out of cyberspace when I did a google search on "F.B.Steacy" :biggrin:

[Kent]

Henry:

One of what dropped out of cyberspace when you did a google search on "F.B.Steacy"?

[doug sinclair]

Sheila,

The name Regal is a registered trade mark of the Regal Pencil Co. (precious metal mechanical pencils?) of New York City. That name is (was?)also registered in Canada. There is a chance they may have made, or at least marketed, a sterling silver case using that trade mark. It may not have been made by them, but registered trade marks such as Regal are often used by distributors of precious metal items that were not actually made by them. With their trade mark on the item, they become responsible for the item meeting or exceeding current precious metal marking standards. Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5 % fine silver, and 7.5 % base metal (i. e. copper and zinc).

Doug S.

[Kent]

Oh! You mean pictures of the Watch Sheila Was Talking About (http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/treasured-crafts/iteml/C00134#pic2). Its an Omega movement.

Kent

[Sheila Gilbert]

YOU GOT IT! I was looking at that one. I found another one that is better though. It looks really different, has "Redcoats" on it.
Says it's an 1807 something, from London.
Bad shape though and costs $660.00. Now you gotta be a really big collector to buy one of those. All silver! I am trying to look at too much stuff these days, I better stick to my measuring tools and a few cases, and leave the high ticket items to you pros.
Bless,
Sheila
Kent, Did ya see that one? With the Redcoats on it?

[HenryB]

You will find a lot of Silver cases when looking for pocketwatches. The older American made a lot of Coin Silver, and the oversea makers made a lot of Sterling cases.
As you know the ladies watches could be solid 14K gold also.

Seems like, in that that price range, you ought to be searching Ebay (Maybe a search on "Ladies"). You may be able to find some 14 Kt. gold ones you like, that are reasonable.

[Sheila Gilbert]

That price range is way too much for me right now. I am back on earth, and looking for the things I NEED now. I just get all caught up in the hype sometimes, but I would pay some higher duckets for a watch I fell in love with.
I am working on measuring tools and loupes right now. Besides, if I was going to put out that kind of money, it would have to smile at me real hard! and shine like a new penny!
Bless,
Sheila

[HenryB]

Wanted to show this off, just sold on Ebay. (not to me, as I like the larger watches)

19J Waltham Maximus in a 14K case, unususal to find a ladies watch that combines 14K jewelry effect coupled with a fine beautiful movement.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3940&item=4108602032&rd=1


Not quite sure if Tom McIntyre has one of these guys on his website or not.

http://www.awco.org/AWCo/Small.htm

[Sheila Gilbert]

Henry, That's a "looker" huh? Sure wish I could do one like that one.
I am only going to work on my cases right now, and I have a few I am considering. It's hard to do cases, but there are some nice ones out there that have bad movements in them too.
Just wanted to say Nice Watch!
Sheila
wish it was you huh?