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I paid 10€ for it in a jumble sale (is that correct?), I plan to give it to my girlfriend as a gift and I would like to know how old it could be. Also, I can't open it and I've tried many things. It has a symbol which I can't identify.

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

looks like an old watch case. any marks on the inside?

 

No marks at all!

 

Looks like there is something inside,or maybe reflected light.Maybe the bottom part screws off.

 

What is that above your thumb in the 3rd pic?

 

The second photo looks like clear glass, that was probably meant for a lock of hair from your loved one.

I think it is a so called pocket watch locket, a locket modelled after a pocket watch. I have one as well. It looks like a pocket watch from the outside, except there is no turning mechanism, on the inside it is a true locket. Mine is on a chatelaine watch chain, but I've seen them on guard chains as well.

 

Yeah that's the one I mention I dont know what it is and my camera wont focus cause it's tiny, I cant even describe what I see cause it's really small.

 

Do you know how does it open? I'm breaking my nails.

Thanks you.

 

Try and see if the top round bale unscrews. That might do it.

 

Mine is slightly different, I'll check. I think you just apply pressure to the side where the dots are, but I'm sure you have already tried that.
Obb's suggestion could also work.

It has probably been shut with too much pressure to the top.
If it didn't have the picture, I would suggest soaking it in oil and keep trying. But not with that picture.

 

I just checked, mine has a front panel with a hinge on the left, and you open it by sliding your nail on the right and pushing it up. Yours looks like it has a different construction.

 

This is the best I can do I think.
https://imgur.com/a/ZyuZWpJ

 

Yes, yours is different from mine. The side with the clear glass looks thicker, maybe there is a lid-like thing there.
Here is mine, the photos are a bit dark, but can you see where it opens (hopefully).
Closed:


Open, with side view of lid:

 

It

That's so beautiful!

 

Do you know how old it could be?
Late XIXs early XXs?

 

Thank you. It is 14k gold with black enamel, the chain is gold plated, but still in good condition.

Mine is late 19th, looks like yours could be too. There are recent replicas, but the glass on yours looks old.

 

Or raised dots forming an arrow you are meant to be able to find by touch. It opens either by lifting up there or squeezing down there. (More likely lifting up.) What does it look like from the edge opposite the side with the arrow? Is there a visible hinge?

 

Now that you mention it, yes, on the opposite edge there's something like a hinge but too tightly closed, what a shame.