I'd place the watch in the 60s. I think the company became Solvil & Titus later, but this is just off the top of my head, not researched. Opening...
Reverse painting was as far as I know , never done on this type of clock/
That is an interesting clock if it is original as it is rare to find a striking dial clock It appears to have a routine going barrel movement but...
I just got back yesterday night. I suspect you may be right about it being a marriage, that cut away seatboard is odd, but I'm not to worried...
It looks old enough for the tape to just fall off. American printed, good quality ink and paper, the tape will come off easily enough but I have...
My parents bought 2 just like that in the late 1950s. I expect yours is from about the same period. I don'i think it has any value apart from its...
It's a watch key. Or made to look exactly like a watch key. If the small end is slightly square, even if worn rounded, it is certainly a key. I'd...
Bottom-struck It may sound a bit kinky, but I assure you that it is a much used term! Hallmarks have moved up and down the reverse side of the...
Just try and ensure it is not ticking in transit. :) Some lightly scrunched tissue in contact with the balance wheel should ensure this. I'd also...
Possibly a rupee from one of the Indian Native States (That's actual India, not Red Indian), probably silver. There are a very large number of...
Plaque d'or, gold plated ;10 =10 microns, (pretty thin) Stainless steel back always means a gold plated watch.
I'd just scrap them and take a nice profit without all the faffing about, the time taken for a small extra profit would probably not earn you...
It has an adjustable Brocot suspension so I suspect it may be a decade or so later than you think. The bell nut is on backwards. Narrow end goes...
The moon phase dial shows the phases of the moon if set properly. This was a feature of 18th C clockes when knowing the state of the moon meant...
Bog standard fob watch, been about £20 £25 at auction for years now. Like wristwatches, nost collectors are men and they want men's watches.
Sulphur oxides in the air are the main tarnish agent, with no coal fires and no factories nearby, silver things around the house just do not seem...
Pull the pegs and lift off the back box for a clear shot of the movement. If where the pillar goes through the front plate it has a pin, possibly...
Brief insomniac comment, the dial clock is presumably 12 inches. Off the boil pricewise from what they were, bit the dial and layout are a bit...
3 inches? across or circumference. There are usually 1 to 1 1/4 inch across.
The proposed terms exempt museums and sales between museums, so no talk of destroying anything, or interference with people's property, just a ban...
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