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Metal: Gold
Thomas Cooper London Key Operated 18 Karat Yellow Gold Pocket Watch 13 Jewels
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Beautiful Antique Thomas Cooper of London Pocket Watch w/ Amazing Machine-Etched Dial
Dial has acquired a rich rainbow colored patina over the year...
Category
Early 20th Century Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Vacheron & Constantin Grottendieck Bruxelles 18 Karat Gold Pocket Watch
Located in Berlin, DE
Vacheron & Constantin Grottendieck Bruxelles 18 Karat Gold Pocket Watch
Movement can be wound and works.
Dial with hairline crack.
Incl...
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20th Century Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1916 Elgin Gold-Filled Open Face Pocket Watch, Size 6S
By Elgin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Beautiful antique Elgin pocket watch with white dial including cobalt blue hands.
Yellow gold-filled case with intricate hand-etched design on reverse of case.
Black numbers.
Case se...
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1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
18 Carat Gold Pair-Cased Pocket Watch with Tri-Coloured Face Chester 1822
Located in London, GB
18ct Gold Pair-cased Pocket Watch With Tri-coloured Face Chester 1822
The case is made by Thomas Helsby of Liverpool
The movement is made by Thomas and John Ollivant of Manchester....
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1820s English George IV Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Lieutenant Colonel Owned Patek Philippe 1906 18ct Gold Pocket Watch
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original 1906 Patek Philippe 18ct gold pocket watch with archive extract detailing the movement and o...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
Presentation Indian Penny / Gold Quartz Watch Fob from President Teddy Roosevelt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Presidential presentation gold quartz watch fob with an Indian head penny.
Presented by President Teddy Roosevelt to a US Navy Captain D...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Quartz, Gold, 14k Gold, Copper
Tiffany & Co. 18k yellow gold Manual pocket watch
Located in Surfside, FL
Tiffany & Co. decoratively engraved hunter case pocket watch in 18k yellow gold. 35mm case size. Engraved with "M".Manual wind movement under glass. Fine Pre-owned Tiffany & Co. Watc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Waltham Colonial Series Open Face 14 Karat Gold Pocket Watch 14s 19 Jewel
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Beautiful Antique Waltham Pocket Watch w/ Gold Color Dial Including Blue Hands & Dedicated Second Dial
14K Yellow Gold Case w/ No design...
Category
Early 20th Century American Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Hampden Dueber 14 Karat Yellow Gold Antique Open Face Pocket Watch 17 Jewel
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Beautiful Antique Hampden Pocket Watch w/ White Dial Including Black Hands & Dedicated Second Dial
14K Yellow Gold Case w/ Intricate Hand-...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Jules Jürgensen Copenhagen Yellow Gold Hunter Pocket Watch
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful Jules Jürgensen Copenhagen 18k gold pocket watch. Hunter.
Important and beautiful collectors watch.
Minimal signs of wear.
Category
19th Century Danish Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Rockford Watch Co. Gold Filled with Rare Anti Magnetic Shield from 1870
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Rockford Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: 18 Size Full Plate
METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled
CIRCA: 1870
DIMENSIONS: Diameter 54mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Early Stem Winding and Key Winding / 15 Jewels
DIAL / HANDS: Flawless Kiln fired Enamel with Rare Seconds Bit at 3:00 / Blued Steel Hands
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement.
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT
This is one of the rarest American pocket watches...
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1870s American Civil War Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
Antique Georgian Memento Mori Pocket Watch Key, Ca. 1800
Located in Rotterdam, NL
An exceptional antique Georgian pocket watch key, made of pink gold. The pink gold key is decorated and surrounded by detailed hollow curled figures on its border which features delicate decorative engravings on both sides. For the presentation behind the glass human hair is used to create a highly detailed floral design with white accented make it look like pearls. The shrine is probably made of bone and draped with these 'pearls', overall in excellent condition.
The two arrowed hearts - depicting above the shrine - are a sign of love, the love between two people. Watched by The All Seeing Eye enclosed in a triangle surrounded by a ray of light. The eye also known as the Masonic Eye or Eye of Providence, is up there as one of the most recognized Freemason symbols. On the other side a lock of hair is beautifully displayed with the initials 'JAvJ'. The presentation has been impeccably preserved beneath the glass.
The Georgian watch...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Louis Audemars & Cie Victorian Hunter Case Enamel Pocket Watch
Located in Narberth, PA
Born in 1782, Louis Audemars was founded in 1811 by Louis-Benjamin Audemars in the Vallée de Joux, near le Brassus in Switzerland. Together, Audemars an...
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1880s Swiss Late Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Remontoir Cylindre 10 Rubis Woman's Swiss Pocket Watch 14 Carat Gold Diamonds
Located in Vienna, AT
Remontoir Cylindre 10 Rubis Woman's Pocket Watch with three lids.
Made of 14 ct slight red gold, with eight diamonds (= 0,40 ct in total) decorating...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Art Nouveau Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Gold
Tiffany & Co Movado Gold Pocket Watch
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. 14 karat yellow gold pocket watch, with Movado movement. Made in Switzerland. Serial no. 550273. Marked: Tiffany & Co. / Swiss made / 1...
Category
1940s Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Large Invicta Diamond Crown 14k Gold Minute Repeater Chronograph Pocket Watch
By INVICTA WATCH
Located in Kenley surrey, GB
Invicta. A Swiss Full Hunter 55mm Diamond 14ct Yellow Gold Minute Repeater Chronograph Keyless Lever Pocket Watch. Dial: The Excellent Champagne ...
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1880s Swiss Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold
Ladies 18kt Yellow Gold Mathey-Tissot Watch, #3560625, Manual, 25mm Case, 37.2gr
By Tissot
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This beautiful ladies' watch by Mathey-Tissot features an 18kt yellow gold case measuring 25mm in diameter and 7mm in thickness. The watch has a gold face adorned with black Roman nu...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
A & S Railroad Gold Minute Repeating Pocket Watch Presented to J.H. Ramsey, 1865
Located in Stamford, CT
Emile Peret, Locle, Swiss, 1865, hunting case. Minute repeating pocket watch with porcelain dial, movement number 16666, case number 20175, size...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Waltham 14Kt Multi Colored 16 Size Hunters Case Pocket Watch from 1907
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Waltham Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: 16 Size Multi Colored Hunters Case / Crescent Street
METAL / MATERIAL: 14Kt Solid Gold Multi Colored
CIRCA / YEAR: 1907
DIME...
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Early 1900s American Art Deco Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold
E.M. GATTLE Plat. Enamel Diamond Chain 18kYG Blue Enamel Pocket Watch Pendant
Located in New York, NY
E.M. Gattle has created this stunning antique platinum diamonds and blue enamel chain that features an 18k yellow gold pendant watch. You will never ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Illinois Watch Co. Grade 525 14 Karat Gold Open Face Pocket Watch 17 Jewel
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Beautiful Antique Illinois Watch Co. Pocket Watch w/ Discolored Dial
14KT White Gold Case w/ Intricate Hand-Etched Design on Case "TEM" on Back of C...
Category
Early 20th Century American Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Le Phare 18 Karat Yellow Gold Minute Repeater Open Face Pocket Watch
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Gorgeous Vintage Open-Face Pocket Watch by Le Phare
Features Minute Repeater Gong
Open Face Design, Dedicated Second Dial
18k Yellow Gold Case w/ Ornate Inner...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown High Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Elgin 14k Gold Pocket Watch/Pendant
By Elgin
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Get your hands on this ultra-rare piece of Elgin history! Have you every seen something this sophisticated and beautiful? This is featured in a white and brilliant gold with a black ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Waltham Vanguard 10k Rolled Gold Pocket Watch
By Waltham
Located in Surfside, FL
Waltham Vanguard 23 Jewels 8 Adjustments 5 Star Case 10k rolled gold filled railroad case. 50mm or 16 size. Fine Pre-owned Waltham Watch. Ce...
Category
20th Century Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
Waltham Octagon Antique 14 Karat Open Face Pocket Watch Gr 225 17 Jewel
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Beautiful Antique Waltham Pocket Watch w/ White Dial Including Blue Hands & Dedicated Second Dial
14K Gold Case w/ Initials "DM" Etched ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Elgin 15 B.W. Raymond Open Face Pocket Watch Gold Filled Grd 478 Sz 16s J21 Runs
By Elgin
Located in Greensboro, NC
Brand: Elgin
Model: 15 B.W. Raymond
Movement: Mechanical
Number of Jewels: 21
Year: 1923
Dial Color: White
Grade: 478
Size: 16s
Metal Content: 14k White Gold Filled
Style: Open Fa...
Category
1920s Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Gold-filled
Swiss 1915 Bezel Wind Enamel Cherry Shaped Miniature Pendant Watch In 18Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Enameled pendant bezel wind watch in the shape of a cherry.
Fantastic miniature cherry shaped pendant watch, created in Switzerland, back in the 1910-1920. The movement is mechanica...
Category
1910s Swiss Edwardian Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Rare Vintage Ebel Gold Plated Pocket Watch
By Ebel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Vintage Ebel Gold Plated Pocket watch
Material: Gold Plated
Case: Diameter 36.4 mm x Thickness 9.5 mm, gold plated
Dial: Goldish dial...
Category
1950s Artisan Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold Plate
LAPEL WATCH 1915 Swiss Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enameled Silver And Gilt Brass.
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco enameled lapel watch.
This is a very unusual and handsome lapel watch, created in Switzerland during the art deco period, back in the 1915. The rare watch was crafted wi...
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1910s Swiss Edwardian Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, 18k Gold, Gilt Metal
Cartier 18Kt. Yellow Gold Art Deco Open Faced Pocket Watch Hand Made 1920's
By Cartier
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Cartier Jewelers
STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco Opened Faced
METAL / MATERIAL: 18kt Yellow Gold and Enamel
CIRCA / YEAR: 1920's
DIMENSIO...
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
MELLERIO Chatelaine from late 19th century Gold
Located in Paris, FR
MELLERIO BORGNIS 18-carat polychrome gold chatelaine, 750‰ decorated with a pierced and foliated number, topped with a marquis' crown, set with red and green stones and cultured pear...
Category
1880s Swiss Late Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold
18kt Rose Zenith Open Face Pocket Watch Thomas Engel No° 9 with Box & Papers!
By Zenith
Located in Antwerp, BE
18kt Rose Zenith Open Face Pocket Watch Thomas Engel No° 9 With Box & Papers!
Limited Edition !
Movement: Mechanical Hand winding
Functions: Hours, minu...
Category
1980s Artisan Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s LUCIEN PICCARD 14K Yellow Gold Multi Gemstone Watch Brooch
Located in New York, NY
1950s LUCIEN PICCARD 14K yellow gold multi gemstone watch brooch. Doubles as travel clock hand-wind Swiss movement. 14K yellow gold Filigree case, b...
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1950s American Modern Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Pearl, Peridot, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Mult...
Hampden Yellow Gold Engraved Hunting Case Manual winding Pocket Wristwatch
Located in Dallas, TX
Hampden Yellow Gold Hunting Case Pocket Watch - Manual winding. Solid yellow gold case, beautifully engraved (45mm). Enamel dial with black Arabic numerals; seconds subdial at 6 o'...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Exquisite Hunter-Case Swiss Pocket Gold Watch Courvoisier, 1870
Located in Bilbao, ES
Exquisite Gold hunter-case Swiss pocket watch COURVOISIER #10673.
Golden case with three 43mm/1.69in extrathin lids showing a beautiful dècor of a peasant with a pitcher by a well an...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Ruby, Gold
French Art Nouveau Watch Pendant
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French watch pendant features a sublime, organic floral motif indicative of Art Nouveau jewelry design. Crafted of 18K gold, this elegant timepiece is enveloped in graceful angel...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
Elgin Solid 14Kt. White Gold Pocket Watch with Famous Jewelry Store Enamel Dial
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Elgin Watch Company for Montgomery Brothers Los Angeles
STYLE / REFERENCE: Octagon / Dress Style
METAL / MATERIAL: 14Kt. Solid White Gold
CIRCA / YEAR: 1921
DIMENS...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, White Gold
Antique 14k Gold Enamel Decorated Pendant Pocket Watches
Located in Fatih/İstanbul, 34
In very good condition.
Total weight 17.8 grams.
The enamels on the clock were restored again.
Please contact for any questions.
Category
1920s European Art Nouveau Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Enamel
Paris Antique Gold Pearl Enamel Diamond Pocket Watch
Located in New York, NY
Antique Paris 18k gold pocket watch, featuring blue enamel decorated case, set with pearls and rose cut diamonds. Porcelain dial, key wind mechanical movement. Minor scratches on the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Enamel
Elgin Double Roller Gold Fill Father Time Pocket Watch 4396587 Case
By Elgin
Located in Surfside, FL
Elgin Father Time Double Roller in heavy gold fill with triple sunk porcelain dial. Manual. 16 size/50 mm case size. 21 Jewels Adjusted 5 Positons. Case signed "Star WCC Warrantied 2...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
Hampden Yellow Gold Scalloped Case Manual Winding Pocket Watch
By Elgin
Located in Dallas, TX
Hampden 14k Yellow Gold Scalloped Case Manual Winding Pocket Watch. Elaborately engraved yellow gold scalloped case. White enamel dial with black...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
18 kt. Gold Dual Time, Dead Beat Second, Double Barrel A.Perret Pocket Watch
Located in Antwerp, BE
18 kt. Gold Dual Time, Dead Beat Second, Double Barrel Pocket Watch A.Perret
Movement: Mechanical with manual winding
Functions: hours,minutes, Dead Second Beat and sweep second; ...
Category
19th Century Swiss Artisan Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Kalo Shop 14K Gold American Arts & Crafts Pocket Watch Chain
By Kalo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine American Arts & Crafts watch chain.
By Kalo.
In 14 karat gold with a matte finish.
Marked Kalo & 14K to the reverse.
Simply a wonderful Arts & Crafts piece from the important Chicago Kalo Shops!
Date:
circa 1900
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
The Kalo Shops
Marks:
Marked to the back of the watch chain and fob...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Jean-Moïse Badollet Co. 1886 Geneva Hunter Pocket Watch In 18Kt Gold With Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Swiss pocket watch designed by Jean-Moïse Badollet & Cie.
Gorgeous medium lady demi-hunter pocket-watch, created in Geneva Switzerland at the watchmaker's workshop of Jean-Moïse Bad...
Category
1880s Swiss Belle Époque Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Pavé Set Rose-Cut Diamond Pendant Geneva Ball Watch
Located in Firenze, IT
The white enamel dial with blue and red Arabic numerals, bezel wind and hand setting, the rose cut diamonds set in spiralling lines, with rose-cut diamond pendant line.
Mechanical mo...
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1880s Swiss Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Antique 14 Karat Yellow Gold Engraved Case Elgin Pocket Watch, circa 1895
By Elgin
Located in Manhasset, NY
Antique Elgin Pocket Watch 14K Yellow Gold Pocket Watch, front and back of case are intricately engraved. White enamel dial with black Arabi...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Ulysse Nardin Pocket Watch 18k Gold
Located in Antwerp, BE
Movement : Mechanical Manual Winding,17 Jewels, Extremely High Grade Movement with Fine Swan Neck Balance Regulation
Category
20th Century Swiss Artisan Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Carnelian Intaglio Victorian Fob Clip Pocket Watch Chain 10k Gold & Gold Filled
Located in Greensboro, NC
Era: Victorian
Metal Content: Guaranteed 10k Gold (fob & ball charms) & Gold Filled as tested
Stone Information:
Genuine Carnelian Intaglio
Color: Orangey Red
Measurements: l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Carnelian, 10k Gold, Gold-filled
Tom Ford Apple Pocket Watch Chain, A must Have
By Tom Ford
Located in Antwerp, BE
Tom Ford invents the Apple pocket watch
Designer customised his new gadget to make it chicer
Tom Ford has a knack for making things look chic - even the clunky Apple Watch, it turns...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
Gold and Enamel Watch/Chatelaine, Viennese Craftsmanship, circa 1860-1870
Located in Paris, FR
Chatelaine in gold and enamel. The chatelaine is ornamented with three painted medallions in monochrome pink and features cupids. These medallions are linked by S-shaped motifs in re...
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1860s Austrian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique French 18 Karat Gold Semi Hunter Pocket Watch Agate Fob
Located in New York, NY
18 kt. yellow, white & rose gold, demi textured case, stylized blue enamel Arabic numerals, white dial, sub. seconds hand, lever-set, 'BAS' monogram of 27 old-mine cut diamonds, roun...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold
Courvoisier Geneve Yellow Gold Enamel Key Wound Open Face Pocket Watch
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
18Kt yellow gold case. No. 2381. C...
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1830s Swiss Neoclassical Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Solid Gold Ladies Stewart Dawson &Co Antique Pocket Watch
Located in MELBOURNE, VIC
Elegant Stewart Dawson & Co 14 carat Solid Gold Open Face Ladies Pocket Watch .
Late 19th - early 20th century, marked 14C to inner back cover and serial number #75128.
Featuring a g...
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Early 20th Century Australian Art Nouveau Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold, Gold
XIX Century Open-Face Gold Pocket Watch R. Stewart
Located in Bilbao, ES
XIX Century Open-face Gold Pocket Watch R. STEWART, Argyle & Buchanan Sts., Glasgow, #16044.
Beautiful 43m/1.69in gold case with a thorough ornamental floral engraving with vegetatio...
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Ruby, Gold
Minute Repeating Chronograph Pocket Watch by A. Lugrin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by Swiss watchmaker Alfred Lugrin, this exceptional minute repeating, triple-date chronograph is a specimen of precision timekeeping. Housed in a...
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, Steel
1880's Elgin Gold-Filled Antique Open Face Pocket Watch, Size 10S
By Elgin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Beautiful antique Elgin pocket watch with white dial.
Black hands and a dedicated seconds dial.
Gold-filled case with intricate hand-etched design on case.
Black Roman numerals and m...
Category
1880s American Art Deco Antique Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
Cartier Art Deco Watch Fob Pendant
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
Here we have an exquisite watch fob pendant from the world renowned luxury jewellery house of Cartier. This sophisticated Art Deco piece showcases an elong...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
IWC Schaffhausen 14 Karat Gold Pocket Watch
By IWC
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage International Watch Co. Schaffhausen 48mm pocket watch, never engraved. circa 1925-1930
Length: 62.54mm
Width: 48mm
Case thickness: 8.79mm
Crystal: Acrylic
Dial: Gold
Inside Case: 803264
Outside Case: 778838 IWC Schaffhausen
Category
Early 20th Century Gold Pocket Watches
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Gold Pocket Watches for Sale on 1stDibs
Can you pull off an antique gold pocket watch? Of course you can. An Elgin gold pocket watch or a similar timepiece designed by Waltham can be a refreshing alternative to a wristwatch.
By the 1930s, wristwatches comprised the bulk of watch manufacturing in America, superseding the pocket watch. Suddenly, if you wanted to know the time, you merely glanced at your wrist. But given their vintage charm and our general appetite for good design, pocket watches are a piece of statement-making jewelry and today can prove complementary to your formal attire in a manner that is stylish and unconventional.
The earliest pocket watches were luxury items, and, owing to cost, they weren’t commonplace until the 19th century. Artfully crafted pocket watches were a symbol of wealth, and manufacturers such as Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe became known for theirs. Today, they’re among the most sought after by collectors and enthusiasts.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby. Yellow gold pocket watches created by the likes of Piaget and Tiffany & Co. are made with the well-mannered metal of choice, and it’s a museum-worthy metal, too: A 14-karat yellow gold pocket watch designed by the Illinois Watch Co. during the 1870s was recently acquired by the National Museum of American History.
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic.
The abbreviation for karat is K, as in 24K gold. Which, if you didn’t know, is pure gold or 100% gold or fine gold. Pure gold is too soft to work with and therefore it needs to be alloyed with other metals to make it harder and suitable for wear.
A quick tip, an 18K gold pocket watch is 75 percent gold mixed with 25 percent of other metals like copper or silver, etc. Also, most gold jewelry is stamped with the 18K or, even, 750 or 0.75 in recognition of the percentage of gold. Most jewelers today in the U.S. work with either 14K or 18K gold, unless they specify that their jewelry is made of high-karat gold like 20K or 22K.
Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years — find antique and vintage gold pocket watches for sale on 1stDibs.