$ Could someone give a value for this watch?

[Velle]

The watch works.

From a different section of this website, it was evaluated as the following:

It's a Swiss watch, made somewhat in the English style, retailed by Tomas Russell, a one-time watchmaker but later just a retailer. The case is gold-filled and made by Dennison, a Birmingham casemaker. So Russell will have imported the movement from Switzerland and had it cased by Dennison.

 

[MartyR]

As the person who identified this as a Dennison case, now that I have looked more closely at the relevant images ... I want to change my mind. The brand name "Star" was used by Dennison, but now I see that this case does not include the other wording that Dennison would have used. The brand name "Star" was also used by several different Swiss watchmakers and perhaps casemakers.

Given that, I can't be sure that the case is gold-filled, but in fact that has negligible effect on the value. The Thomas Russell name, even if only as a retailer, carries a small amount of cachet.

This is an unexceptional Swiss watch, 7 jewels with an "English lever" and safety pinion inscribed on the movement. It appears to be in good condition.

Assuming that it runs well, I would put a retail value of £60 on it.

 

[gmorse]

Hi Velle,

The term "English Lever" on the top plate is questionable, since it is clearly a club-tooth escape wheel rather than the ratchet-tooth type usually described as an English lever.

Regards,

Graham