Your keepsakes would draw from competition between dealers and collectors, and they might realize a higher price than accepting what one potential source might offer. Besides the hour and minute hand, the watch has two additional hands. Stu Seibert, Kasota, Minnesota. The retailers would fit the movements in American-made watch cases together with dials imprinted with the name of the jewelry store. On occasion, these manufacturers would not sign their watch movements, making it difficult for the uninitiated to identify the maker of the movement.
Experts identify unsigned watch movements by the balance regulator.
The watch may be of interest to a collector in the region where it was originally sold. Should you ever decide to sell it, you would be well advised to place your watch in a major auction that has a collectible watch specialist department. Q. I enjoy reading your column in Maine Antique Digest . I have enclosed some photos of a Patek Philippe watch my grandfather bought in the late 1940's or early '50's. My mother recently gave it to me, complete with its original case.