J.G Graves English watches

[Kevin W.]

I am not sure if this is correct place to post here, but i will ask.
I recently purchased a watch exactly like what is in these pictures, mine has serial number 33064 and has what was described as a hallmark silver case, i do not know the difference between this and sterling.
Hope some one can help with silver definition and age of watch, i did not pay amount shown for my watch, so i am confused a little as to maybe this price was too high or maybe watch is rare, not sure which.
I am not sure si i will give description of watch and if someone sends me email i know how to send image that way.
It says on dial J.G. Graves,Sheffield and under this,The Express English Lever.
The dial has black roman numerals, and is lever verge with key wind and key set.
I apologize for this long posting.

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[Kevin W.]

I am not sure if this is correct place to post here, but i will ask.
I recently purchased a watch exactly like what is in these pictures, mine has serial number 33064 and has what was described as a hallmark silver case, i do not know the difference between this and sterling.
Hope some one can help with silver definition and age of watch, i did not pay amount shown for my watch, so i am confused a little as to maybe this price was too high or maybe watch is rare, not sure which.
I am not sure si i will give description of watch and if someone sends me email i know how to send image that way.
It says on dial J.G. Graves,Sheffield and under this,The Express English Lever.
The dial has black roman numerals, and is lever verge with key wind and key set.
I apologize for this long posting.

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[Oliver Mundy]

These watches were made for about 20 years, beginning in 1888, by the Lancashire Watch Company Ltd. of Prescot (Lancashire, England) and retailed from 1897 onwards by the Sheffield jeweller John George Graves (1866-1945). They represent an attempt to introduce something of American volume-production methods; the volume of production was unusually high by British standards, reaching six figures before 1900, and the movements dispense with the traditional fusee and chain. (Instead, an extra dummy barrel is introduced so that the watch can still be wound anti-clockwise in the familiar English fashion.) Other features of the old English watch, such as the hand-lettered dial and engraved cock, were retained.

Apart from a brief period between 1697 and 1720 (too early for most of us!), any silver item with British hallmarks is sterling silver (92.5% fine); in other words, there is no difference in meaning between ?hallmarked? and ?sterling?.