1892 antique elgin pocket watch, gold, inscribed date sept. 11, 1982

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Description hand me down through generations from grandmother. Works great! Gold with floral design on front and back. Excellent condition. Engraved "from children, 50th birthday, Sept.11, 1892"
Category Watches and Timepieces
Medium gold
Distinguishing marks elgin natl, watch co.
Condition Excellent
Date Period 1892
History ingraved "from children, 50th birthday, Sept.11, 1892"
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Anonymous (not verified) 🌱 Newbie 15 years ago

Are you sure its solid gold? A lot of pocket watches from the 1800s were made with "gold filled cases." technically not the same thing as gold plate, but similar. Two thin layers of gold sandwiched around a base metal like brass. then this triple layer was shaped into the watch case. The gold filled cases have little value, except to a collector. collectors need mint cases for movements which have no case.
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