cleaning up at a deceased estate
lots of stuff
found a few watches, a Tissot and Citizen, probably not worth much
but also found these two;
a pocket watch with no markings, and I cannot tell if it opens
and a Valgine, automatic, 41 Jewels
both work, pocket watch is running a little fast
do these have value?
pocket (resized).jpgvalgine (resized).jpgThere is a thread dedicated to collecting watches on Pinside. Maybe post in there? I actually collect Citizen watches from the 70’s. Quite a few have value but we’re mostly talking hundreds, not thousands. What model is on the back?
Quoted from snyper2099:There is a thread dedicated to collecting watches on Pinside. Maybe post in there? I actually collect Citizen watches from the 70’s. Quite a few have value but we’re mostly talking hundreds, not thousands. What model is on the back?
the Valgine? just Automatic 416
there are no markings on the pocket watch
Quoted from PopBumperPete:the Valgine? just Automatic 416
there are no markings on the pocket watch
No, the Citizen.
Quoted from snyper2099:No, the Citizen.
sorry, my bad
the Citizen;
4-86025
60400008
60-0547
GN-5-5
JAPAN
Quoted from snyper2099:There is a thread dedicated to collecting watches on Pinside. Maybe post in there?
Valgine is not a company I'm familiar with. I've seen their dive watches go for a few hundred on eBay. The vintage stuff usually under $100 but it depends on condition. I believe Valgine used 3rd-party movements so when the guts are the same it mostly comes down to if the brand is popular. But it also means it could be easy to get serviced if you wanted it cleaned up.
Opening up the pocket watch to see the movement may be the only way to identify it. I'm not familiar with the market on pocket watches.
Quoted from DennisK:I'm not familiar with the market on pocket watches.
If its not a Waltham or Hamilton Railroad watch the Market has dropped.
Sears sold millions of the style shown, only sentimental value. A lot of them will have green acid where the pawn shop tested the case for gold content.
Quoted from PopBumperPete:sorry, my bad
the Citizen;
4-86025
60400008
60-0547
GN-5-5
JAPAN
I believe this is a "Citizen Crystron 4-860250Y GP Quartz Authentic Mens Watch", from 1975.
Is this what it looks like?
Condition is everything with vintage watches. A Citizen of this age would typically sell for a couple hundred bucks or more if it's working AND in excellent condition like the one pictured. It's actually become fairly difficult to track down specific automatic Citizen models from the 70's.
citizenCrystron1975 (resized).jpg
Quoted from snyper2099:I believe this is a "Citizen Crystron 4-860250Y GP Quartz Authentic Mens Watch", from 1975.
Is this what it looks like?
Condition is everything with vintage watches. A Citizen of this age would typically sell for a couple hundred bucks or more if it's working AND in excellent condition like the one pictured. It's actually become fairly difficult to track down specific automatic Citizen models from the 70's.
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that is it (with a white face)
thank you
still discovering things
Quoted from PopBumperPete:cleaning up at a deceased estate
lots of stuff
found a few watches, a Tissot and Citizen, probably not worth much
but also found these two;
a pocket watch with no markings, and I cannot tell if it opens
and a Valgine, automatic, 41 Jewels
both work, pocket watch is running a little fast
do these have value?
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The pocket watch looks like it has a porcelain face. I would bring it to a watchmaker. It potentially has good value.
Quoted from Zartan:The pocket watch looks like it has a porcelain face. I would bring it to a watchmaker. It potentially has good value.
I have a feeling that phil-lee is right, I did get the back off and it looks like it was just a common watch for the time
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