Henry Moser & cie Indentification?

[edvinasi]

hello i have 2 watches inherited by my elders

i would like to find out as much information as possible about them

also it would be very interesting to find out what they are worth they are both about 22-25 gr 583 Russian rose gold not counting the mechanism weight and gemstones

i was told the pocket watch is 1870 number on the watch is 1121545 and ladies watch number on the watch is 810408 is circa 1905-1910 that's all i know about them

can anyone please provide me information about them and what they are worth?

would be gratefull , thank you

here is full picture gallery : http://s1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii525/edvinasi/Henry Moser/

LADIES WATCH





POCKET WATCH





thank you

 

[Squite]

Hello and welcome!

The ladies wrist watch looks to date quite a bit later than your estimate of 1905-1910. That is too early for this type of watch, as very few wrist watches were bring worn yet at that time. I would date it to more like 1925-1935.

Forum rules prevent me from valuing the watch, but I'm guessing like most ladies' watches it wouldn't be worth much more than the gold value. If by gemstones you are referring to the jewels contained within the watch mechanism, they are often synthetically grown, or otherwise are cut from samples of stone that have far too many inclusions and imperfections to be of gemstone quality, and therefore I'm sorry to say are relatively worthless outside of a watch mechanism. You can get an actual estimate on the 'What's This Watch Worth?' Page.

You may also find more information on the watch by posting separate thread just for it on the Wrist Watch Forum.

As for watch #2:

Swiss made, by Henry Moser & Cie., retailed for the firm engraved (in what looks to by Cyrillic) at the top of the cuvette. The style of this pocket watch is much later than 1870, probably also 1920s or so. The movement appears to have 13 or 15 jewels and a lover escapement of average quality for the period. The photobucket photo of the mark inside the cuvette shows it to be 14K, and it may have a Swiss Helvetica or even a squirrel mark above the 14K mark, I'm not sure. The glare makes it hard to make out.

 

[MartyR]

Welcome to the board, Edvinasi

I'd just like to echo Squite's suggestion that you start a new thread in the Wrist Watch forum just for your first watch. It will get better response there.

The Moser watch looks fairly standard to me - unfortunately the movement and case photos are too dark for me to make out clearly. The dial looks in poor condition and the case has a couple of dents in it, I think. My instinct is again that the watch value is largely in the gold.