Any watch with a mechanical movement that uses a conventional escapement will have a seconds hand that moves in tiny steps. It is possible for a...
A pint of household ammonia, half a cup of liquid soap and half a gallon of boiling water. Dump the gilt brass in that and it will come out clean...
This is a 'before they were famous' thing. In the early days of Rolex they would supply batches of watches with whatever name the retailer wanted...
I think Switzerland, they used 935 a lot up to the 1920s, they were noted for enamel work and had a good tourist market for this type of item,...
I rarely paid anything at paid entrance shows, I just I just gave them a business card and said 'Trade'. Sometimes trade would be allowed in an...
I don't know any country in the late 20th C that would mark a silver item simply 'silver' on that manner, especially without any definition of the...
The style of the first one looks early 19th C USA to me. Chasing a German origin may be a will-o-the-wisp. Plenty of German immigrants and no...
It is alledged that there was a town in Japan named Usa so articles could be marked 'Made in USA'. I suspect this was made by Mr Ron Son who may...
Coral is subject to similar CITES restrictions as ivory. It is not free pass for it to be coral instead of ivory, it is still banned or heavily...
They are for measuring astigmatism, the degree marks are to calibrate the degree of abberation for the final spectacle construction. Obviously...
If it is gold it is a good buy. The jewellery trade make gold 'nuggets' by pouring molten gold into sand, so not all gold nuggets are gold...
part of the Chinese philosophy of balance and harmony. But philosophies and religions also mean a lot to many people, which is why I for one...
Feng Shui is a form of magic. Magic does not work. Therefore Feng Shui does not work. It is just one of the many ways people extract money from...
That face guard is what I would call the distinguishing characteristic.
Case and movement were made in Switzerland. 935 silver was used in Switzerland, in no other watchmaking country at the time. Not all WW1 period...
The serial number list does not seem to relate to this watch. It is Swiss made and retailed in Germany, and could have been about the WWI period....
There were no dry docks in London, nearest was at Chatham dockyard on the Medway.
looks like 8 to 10 grams of 18 Ct. scrap to me. I'd not worry about the (20th C. ) maker, just some blokes in a shed somewhere.
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