Posted 12 years ago
twoheads
(42 items)
Very small LUCERNE 17Jewels gold color watch or pendant. wind up. its about the size of a English 50pence. I can not find on the net what type of watch it is. its a very pretty watch it as 3 ladies on the front with a plastic cover. inside it as a clock face and all round color gold. it is Swiss made. could do with some help finding what type of watch it is?.
from Consumers Distributing and similar retailers in the early 1980s, a decorative pendant-style watch like the one in your photo would likely have cost between $12.99 and $29.99 CAD. If yours is labeled Westbury, that gives a clearer idea of its likely origin and value:
Westbury was a common department store or catalogue brand in Canada during the late '70s and early '80s, often found in Consumers Distributing, Eaton’s, or Simpsons.
It was not Swiss fine jewelry, but rather a mass-produced, decorative fashion item, sometimes marketed as having “Swiss movement” (which simply meant the quartz or mechanical parts inside were Swiss-made—but the casing and assembly were not high-end).