18k Gold Erotic Alex Ross & Co 1/4 Hour Repeater Pocket Watch Triple Automation
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12174482 |
ANTIQUE SOLID 18K GOLD EROTIC ALEX ROSS & CO. 1/4 HOUR REPEATER POCKET WATCHTHE WATCH IS NOT WORKING AND IN NEED OF SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO PUT IT BACK INTO WORKING CONDITIONSELLING FOR THE GOLD CONTENT ONLY (BASED ON SPOT GOLD PRICE AS OF 8/29/2019), WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME AND MONEY TO SPEND TRYING TO GET THIS WATCH REPAIREDIF YOU CAN FIND AN EXPERT WATCHMAKER THAT CAN PUT ANY WATCH BACK INTO WORKING CONDITION, AS THIS WATCH IS QUITE COMPLEX, THIS WATCH WOULD PROBABLY BE WORTH $8,... 000-10, 000WE GUARANTEE THAT THE GOLD CASE IS SOLID 18K GOLDSINCE WE ARE SELLING THE WATCH ONLY FOR ITS GOLD CONTENT (AND GOLD HAS BEEN GOING UP) THERE IS NO REAL RISK TO THE BUYER IF THE WATCH CANNOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY UPSIDE IF IT CAN BE PUT BACK INTO WORKING ORDERTHE CASE IS A SWISS CASE BASED UPON THE GOLD HALLMARKS, IT HAS THE SWISS HALLMARK FOR "HELVETIA" SIGNIFYING 18K GOLD (SEE PICTURES FOR SWISS HALLMARKS), IT ALSO HAS THE MARKINGS "18K" AND "0.750", WE ALSO HAD IT LOOKED AT BY A JEWELER WHO OFFERED TO TRADE A ONE OUNCE KRUGERRAND FOR THE WATCH, BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO TRADE GOLD FOR GOLDTHE RULE OF THUMB FOR THE GOLD WEIGHT OF AN OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH IS 35% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE WATCH, THIS IS A LARGE SIZED 18S WATCH (2 1/4 INCHES ACROSS NOT INCLUDING THE STEM), IT WEIGHS A TOTAL OF 3.83 TROY OUNCES, 35% OF THAT IS 1.34 TROY OUNCES, TIMES 0.750 FOR 18K GOLD IS 1.0 TROY OUNCE OF PURE GOLD IN THE CASE, ALTHOUGH THE JEWELER THOUGHT THE CASE HAS MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD IN ITTHE FIGURES ON THE FRONT AND ON THE INSIDE BACK OF THE WATCH ALSO LOOK TO BE 18K GOLD, BUT SINCE WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WE ARE NOT INCLUDING THEM IN THE GOLD CALCULATION, SO YOU COULD END UP WITH EVEN MORE GOLD CONTENT THAN YOU ARE PAYING FORWHEN THIS WATCH DOES WORK THE FIGURE ON THE LEFT FRONT OF THE WATCH HAMMERS OUT THE HOURS ON THE LEFT BELL, THEN THE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT HAMMERS OUT THE QUARTER HOURS ON THE RIGHT BELL ALL THE WHILE THE GENTLEMAN ON THE INSIDE BACK HAMMERS A YOUNG LADY (THUS WHY IT IS CALLED AN EROTIC POCKET WATCH), THESE EROTIC POCKET WATCHES ARE QUITE RARETHE WATCH COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL WINDUP/SETTING KEY AND STORAGE BOXSHIPPING INCLUDES INSURANCEFLAT RATE SHIPPING OF $24.95 IS TO LOWER 48 STATES ONLYWE ACCEPT PAYPALTHERE ARE NO RETURNS ON THIS ITEM, ALTHOUGH WE GUARANTEE THAT THE CASE IS SOLID 18K GOLD
