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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 239076, member: 25&quot;]Watch keys and seal fobs often feature on charm bracelets from the mid 20th C when they did get very chunky. Possibly many keys and&nbsp; fobs have been preserved by just this use. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gold watch keys are never marked, to my knowledge, partly because of the small size but mainly because they incorporated a steel winding square in the end (gold would be too soft) and being of mixed metals they were not technically hallmarkable as gold..</p><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays anything unusual in a watch key is sought after by watch people although the type of key illustrated is a relatively common type of the fancier kind. If they are usable it is a plus but even unusable ones are in demand.</p><p>With watch keys, look out for tipsy keys, they have an internal rachet that only allows them to wind one way, preventing people from&nbsp; trying to wind the watch the wrong way which could easily break the fusee chain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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