Pocket watch designs in antique gold and silver from $400 to over $3,000; elegant vintage and Swiss pocket watch styles for just over $150 in solid brass by Jacques du Manoir and Charles Hubert pocket watches for just $85. For mens mechanical pocket watches costing just $68 or Jules Jurgensen engraved pocket watch designs for $99 or the 14k gold Italian masterpieces with Swiss movement for thousands of dollars – Jewelry & Accessories knows where to buy pocket watches and how much you can expect to pay.
A Collectable Pocket Watch
You way be looking to buy a simple timepiece to have handy in your pocket, or you may be searching for an elusive once in a lifetime collectable pocket watch that will become an heirloom to pass onto your son and his sons sons.
If a collectible piece is what you’ve after then consider a genuine gold pocket watch by Euro Geneve with a solid 14k gold case and Swiss quartz movement. The classic piece is styled after antique pocket watches of olden days, but this one is all new and is sold though JewelBasket. It is about one and half inches in diameter and can be engraved with a variety of beautiful old English or modern scripts.
Just remember that if you buy a silver or gold pocket watch online and have it engraved, then it will be a final sale. You can’t return a personally engraved pocket watch.
Part of the charm of antique pocket watches and vintage styles and even modern versions that replicate the olden ones, is that they have a gold case. There are many styles of cases, from round to square, and from highly engraved and decorated or even sculpted motifs to totally plain gold cases with not a single adornment. However the most unusual of all is the Swiss pocket watch that has no case at all, in fact it’s called a clear open face pocket watch.
One such design is made by the famous Jules Jurgensen and is solid 14k gold, but has nothing but a beautiful champagne colored dial, gold Roman numerals and a crystal face. It naturally has everything else you expect from a high quality mens pocket watch made with Swiss quartz movement. These timepieces come with a 3 year warranty, and although they aren’t cheap are available at discount prices through places like JewelBasket.
A Skeletal Mechanical Silver Pocket Watch
This is one very interesting watch – it’s a sterling silver Euro Geneve Swiss mechanical pocket watch that’s a little larger than the gold ones, about 2 inches in diameter, but what’s so special is the skeletal mechanisms that are displayed through a peep window on the front of the silver case.
Inside this intricate mechanical watch are the gears of a 17 jewel timepiece. And open it up to see the full view! It’s hypnotic to watch it tick. The case is solid 925 sterling silver and it’s made in Italy. It also comes with a matching silver pocket watch chain by Waldemar Curb, which is also Swiss. As a little extra, it comes in it’s own wooden jewelry box. This item can be engraved when bought through JewelBasket, although it’s not free.
Getting You Personalized Pocket Watch Engraved
Half the fun of owning one of these pocket watches is the ability to engrave a message or name or date inside the case or on the back or front, wherever you choose, and make it a very personal item, or a family heirloom to pass on.
Choosing the personalized pocket watch engraving style and what it will say is all part of what you’ll need to do when ordering online, unless you decide to have the piece engraved at a local jewelers. But if you have it done online or at a shop, you’ll still need to know what lettering and what you want to engrave.
If you order from a place like JewelBasket, then you’ll need to give them 2 or 3 more days than normal before it gets shipped out. The engraving is a personalized process that is all hand done by engraver artists. There are some beautiful scripts to consider using. For example you can choose a single or double line script, or double or triple lined block, or a monogram or what is called a silverware script.
Cheap Pocket Watches
Surprisingly enough some of the cheapest pocket watches are made by the same people who make the most expensive ones, like Jacques du Manoir and Charles Hubert pocket watches that come in none gold styles that are under $100, in fact some styles are just $85.
There are some very good cheap mechanical pocket watches that are under $70 and even the famous Jules Jurgensen pocket watch styles that start at around $99.
Some other good names to keep in mind when shopping are: Colibri and Hamilton pocket watch designs, as well as the well known Bulova pocket watch styles which come in expensive and cheap versions. There’s also Patek Philippe pocket watch creations which are made by the famous Swiss manufacturer in Geneva, renowned, since1839, for extremely complex timepieces.
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