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<p>[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 2402812, member: 63"]Hi All,</p><p>I bought this pocket watch, 1 1/2"diameter, it isn't working. There is a line/crack on the face, marked F & S (fast/slow) on the workings. The key will turn a bit but I don't want to force it, so not sure what that means. From the size and flowers on the face I'm thinking a ladies watch.</p><p>Marked on the back and inside cover, there are marks on the round piece at the top (bale?) but I can't make them out. I finally figured the marks out, 3 bears for Swiss, sometime after 1888 - no company name though. </p><p>Is there anyway to narrow down when this was made or who made it?</p><p>any information appreciated.</p><p>thanks for looking<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Copied from the site:</p><p><i>In 1888, in response to the British Merchandise Marks Act, the Swiss authorities introduced a higher standard of silver of 0·935 that was intended to be the equivalent of British sterling silver, the minimum standard of silver that the Act permitted to be imported. The Swiss bureaux de contrôle were authorised to assay this standard and hallmark watch cases that met it with a hallmark of three bears; one small bear above two large bears as shown in the picture here.</i></p><p><a href="https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]263266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263270[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 2402812, member: 63"]Hi All, I bought this pocket watch, 1 1/2"diameter, it isn't working. There is a line/crack on the face, marked F & S (fast/slow) on the workings. The key will turn a bit but I don't want to force it, so not sure what that means. From the size and flowers on the face I'm thinking a ladies watch. Marked on the back and inside cover, there are marks on the round piece at the top (bale?) but I can't make them out. I finally figured the marks out, 3 bears for Swiss, sometime after 1888 - no company name though. Is there anyway to narrow down when this was made or who made it? any information appreciated. thanks for looking:) Copied from the site: [I]In 1888, in response to the British Merchandise Marks Act, the Swiss authorities introduced a higher standard of silver of 0·935 that was intended to be the equivalent of British sterling silver, the minimum standard of silver that the Act permitted to be imported. The Swiss bureaux de contrôle were authorised to assay this standard and hallmark watch cases that met it with a hallmark of three bears; one small bear above two large bears as shown in the picture here.[/I] [URL]https://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php[/URL] [ATTACH=full]263266[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263270[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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