Calling vintage pocket watch experts

[FxrAndy]

My brother found this whilst cleaning his attic, he took it to the shop marked on the key (now in derby) to see if it was one of their watches and they agreed and confirmed it is 18k gold and was from the late 1800s, but were more interested in the key than the watch and gave him a pretty low value and he asked me if i could help to shed any more light on its value, it is not working but all seams to be in order but need a good service from what i can see, there is a bit of rust apparent on the hands but not on the blued screwes on the movement, the movement is not signed as far as i can see. Can any one else shed any light to its worth?

Any ideas guys

[FxrAndy]

Any One?

[Watchmeister]

Sorry, nope. You may end up having to find a dedicated forum on pocket watches and ask the question.

[FxrAndy]

Thanks K

[Guest carlsbadrolex]

My limited experience with pocket watches would show that MOST shops will simply try to estimate the value based on gold weight. I have seen people take BEAUTIFUL pocket watches, cannibalize the movements and scrap the cases for incredibly low prices. That watch appears to be in pretty damn good shape for a 100+ year old watch and unless it NEEDS to be sold, shouldn't be. I once watched a pawnshop owner scrapping automatons and fuzee watches for their cases... Damn near got sick!