To be a TRUE Civil war watch you must have documentation that the watch was actually carried in the Civil War. These watches are extremely rare and you almost never see them for sale. The watch in our example is one such watch. One other thing, of late you will see watches with dials that say or depict the civil war . These dials have been altered or changed, almost all of the watches at the time had regular dials.
Watches can come as a hunting case or open face.
Use your key or knife to gently open the hinged bezel. . The key then goes on the end of the square that holds the hands. You can turn the key in both directions to set the hands. After you set the time, you close the bezel with your fingers applying pressure to the bezel as shown. If you push on the crystal you most likely brake it. .