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mimi30236
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Hello ~ what a wonderful website! My mother just recently shared this pocket watch, amongst some others and I was wondering if anyone knows anything about it. It belonged to my grandmother's father from Antwerp, Belgium. I believe it to be a good 120 + years old. There are no markings on the face, it has a beautiful greenish patena, gold face with silver embelishment around the outside of the numbers and on the inside of the numbers in the middle of the watch. Only numbers I could find is the Case # B 253592 and on the mechanism, 358 and a cross. If anyone can identify this beautiful pocket watch, share some history of it with me, I would be forever appreciative! You can reach me at mimi30236@aol.com. Thank you so much for taking a look!!
Mimi
Pocket WatchesPocket watch use peaked in the late 19th century as a wave of investment we…