1889 schaffhausen movement

chevelle35069 · September 23, 2016 5:45AM

Anyone think this has any value?

Coin Finder · September 23, 2016 6:12AM

whats it made of?

Coin Finder · September 23, 2016 6:23AM

Take a picture of the case inside.....

chevelle35069 · September 23, 2016 6:24AM

i am not sure i would love to say gold!!! lol but the color is a little copper looking as you can see, but when i did some research on them there are ones that look like that and are gold... But im trying to figure out what year they started to stamp gold marking? Because im most likely incorrect thinking that they didnt start stamping gold marking until 1900's.... Any ideas best way for me to test to see what it is made of?.... Because besides sports collections, i also recieved alot of pocket watches from my grandpa who seem to have them from his grandpa and father which he saved, along with a bunch of other cool old stuff.....

chevelle35069 · September 23, 2016 6:31AM

i am trying to take a good picture of the inside of the case and they are not comming out good and cant read all the numbers and stuff it has edged inside the casing, wont come out in the photos.....

Coin Finder · September 23, 2016 6:41AM

It will be marked on the inside of the case 14K or some such, if it is not and just has a series of numbers or letters it probably is plated. If so and it is working then it might be worth 50 bucks. If not working it could cost 200 buck to fix........

chevelle35069 · September 23, 2016 6:47AM

ohh okay thanks..... 50$? why when i just look up the movement ITSELF schaffhausen the movements go from 50-300$ without cases or anything and just the movements...

Coin Finder · September 23, 2016 6:55AM

If it is working then maybe you could sell for that, but I don't know what you are looking at ...a catalog?. The problem is who do you sell it to? A watch repair shop would be a good place to start. I have bought and sold lots of watches but I lost interest years ago...I may be out of touch. If it is real gold then yes it has value depending on the weight etc.... The watch must work properly to be saleable. Someone may offer to buy the movement but who???