Indian Watch Fob

[coinman123]

I found this enameled Indian watch fob back in the summer. I think it might be from around 1880-1920 (please correct me if I'm wrong).

P.S. Ironic, Because a few days later, in a different location I found a 1921 watch part http://www.ebay.com/itm/1921-Tradit...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMzgz/z/lNUAAMXQlgtSpwT7/$_1.JPG http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMzU3/z/k6sAAMXQlgtSpwTl/$_1.JPG (The same year the company went bankrupt!).

P.P.S I saw that someone found one on TreasureNet in a different shape a few years back http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/75396-old-indian-watch-fob.html

 

[coinman123]

Post how old you think it is.

 

[wheatfinder13]

I relly like that. Looks like 1910s

 

[cambria09]

Hello coinman123. Never seen a fob like that one. Suhweeet find! Thanks for posting it. HH C9

 

[coinman123]

I think the watch part age is really from, 1896-1921. "In 1896 Ingersoll introduced the Yankee watch priced at $1.00. It was cheaply mass produced from stamped parts and without jewels so that it would be affordable to everyone. They were producing 8,000 per day by 1899, and started advertising that 10,000 dealers carried their "dollar watch." By 1910, Waterbury Clock was producing 3,500,000 "dollar watches" per year for Ingersoll.[1] Over twenty years nearly forty million of these watches were sold, and Ingersoll coined the phrase "The watch that made the dollar famous!" Theodore Roosevelt mentioned that during his hunting trip in Africa he was described as "the man from the country where Ingersoll was produced." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingersoll_Watch_Company",Ingersoll Watch Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[MT_Joe]

Great fob and thanks for the info!