There is an interesting thread in this forum entitled "Joseph Johnson database" which has been created by one of our members and in which you might be able to date your watch from the serial number on the movement. If you're interested in finding out more about that, I would suggest you post the question in the American Pocket Watches forum where there are very many experts on the subject.įinally, I assume that you know that your watch is in about the 1820-1850 period - it would be interesting to know when your great-grandfather was working on the railroads. We could tell you more about this if you could post some phots which clearly show the case markings-Īlthough your great-grandfather may have used the watch on the railroads, I'm not sure if the watch would have been officially accepted by the railroads as being of "railroad grade". The item CARTIER 681006 Vermeil Tank Quartz Watch ARGENT 925 Silver Gold Plate Swiss. That would be common for Johnson watches, a large proportion of which were exported to America as complete movements and cased in there, as a means of avoiding import duties on the case, and perhaps also because of style preferences. 681006 Serial number : 72505 Functions: Hours and Minutes Case. I cannot make out any case marks in your photos, but I suspepct that the case is American and probably solid gold. I blinked several times at the repair quote you were given and you can be confident in heeding Graham Morse's advice! It's a fine looking watch, and if you search "joseph johnson" in this forum you'll find much discussion on this highly regarded maker and of his sons. Whilst I know that people who will undertake a watch like this are few and far between in the US, (I'm assuming that's your location), I suggest that you search again!īy the way, we can't offer valuations in this Forum, as the rules preclude that, but I think the watch is well worth having these quite minor repairs carried out if you can achieve a more reasonable estimate.
The clean and overhaul should be around $200-250, mainsprings for these are around $20 or $30, fitting it would roughly double that, the click would certainly have to be made, say $100 tops, and the winding key isn't even a part of the watch, so even if a really nice period one were to be supplied, the total comes out nowhere near that figure of $1900.
The movement serial number is 97996 and the case serial number is 484981 that is probably an H. I've been told that it was probably made around 1900 give or take a decade. Whoever you went to for this doesn't even know the correct names for the parts, and possibly didn't want to do the work, (or maybe couldn't do it. I've been passed down a Swiss pocket watch that doesn't say who made the movement. I have to say that the price you've been quoted for the work you describe is 4 to 6 times what I'd regard as reasonable. B006TJLLT0, KiDiGi BLACK RUGGED CASE CHARGER SYNC CRADLE USB 3. Click to expand.This looks like a genuine Johnson movement that's been exported from Liverpool to the US and cased locally, as many were in the 19th century.
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