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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 205859, member: 25"]Both watches are routine Swiss movements made by (almost certainaly) the Swiss conglomerate ESA in the 50s and 60s. During this period, and later, a number of routine Swiss watch movement or ebauche manufacturers combined together to market their product as a sort of co-operative. Although it is possible by small code letters on the movement to specify which minor maker it was, the information is pretty meaningless.</p><p><br /></p><p>As already noted, the value is in the metal weight. The one with a rolled gold strap probably has a RG case, the other has value in the weight of gold in case and strap, I'd guess about 10 grams. </p><p>There is no collector demand for these, men only collect men's watches, and modern women find them unattractive.</p><p>The jewels, real or not, are too tiny to have any practical value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 205859, member: 25"]Both watches are routine Swiss movements made by (almost certainaly) the Swiss conglomerate ESA in the 50s and 60s. During this period, and later, a number of routine Swiss watch movement or ebauche manufacturers combined together to market their product as a sort of co-operative. Although it is possible by small code letters on the movement to specify which minor maker it was, the information is pretty meaningless. As already noted, the value is in the metal weight. The one with a rolled gold strap probably has a RG case, the other has value in the weight of gold in case and strap, I'd guess about 10 grams. There is no collector demand for these, men only collect men's watches, and modern women find them unattractive. The jewels, real or not, are too tiny to have any practical value.[/QUOTE]
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