Antique gold pocket watch!.......

[Mike from MI]

Found on the edge of the shore line where we have been water hunting and finding old stuff.
Here are the before and after pics. Of course the insides are shot and the glass and hands are gone, but the back is solid gold! I thought it was plated till I cleaned it up. It had been there a long time.

 

[postalgriff]

congrats Mike on a great find! dang did that thing clean up nice! awesome

 

[Silver Searcher]

Very nice Watch

the initial is the letter C depicted in Black Letter(Old English)

SS.

 

[shaun7]

That's a beautiful find

 

[crazyjarhead]

The first pic didn't look so good but............ darn that cleaned up beautifull. That is a nice piece of gold

 

[creeper71]

could you please post a pic of the gold marking....thanks!

 

[spartacus53]

WTG that is a beauty

 

[Nick A]

Have you been able to open it? I'm curious what markings may be inside that back cover!

 

[999slvrfx]

That type of watch was known as an open face sidewinder with a sunken
second hand dial. It was called a sidewinder because the winding stem
was at the three instead of the twelve.
Very nice case probably 10 carat or more due to the way it cleaned up.
The size makes it look like a large ladies or small mans watch.
Very nice find.

 

[gold nuggets]

That's absolutely amazing how beautifully
that watch cleaned up. Congratulations on
a super find!! Gold Nuggets

 

[texjim]

that is really nice good job!!!

 

[xlt nh]

Man.....she's absolutely beautiful!! Huge Congrats!


HH, Hank 8)

 

[beetle662]

Saw this over on the other forum, Mike! Great find!

Very nice to see the before and after pictures!

Congrats buddy!

 

[garthbfan169]

That is awesome mike I wonder if you could get some new parts for it and get it up and running!!

 

[TommNJ]

Wow, nice looking old pocket watch and good job cleaning it up, congrats ! (got one on my wish list)

TommNJ

 

[muleskinner]

That's one cool watch, good to see somebody getting out. Between bugs and lack of motivation, I haven't been out in quite some time.

 

[tomharris76]

All I can say is spectacular.

 

[Wallhangers]

WTG Mike. That cleaned up nice. You have been doing well with the finds this year! Keep it up.

 

[Newt]

Nice work.
Newt

 

[Evan/tn]

cleaned up real good congrats on that chunk of gold