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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 340901, member: 25"]This is a 'before they were famous' thing. In the early days of Rolex they would supply batches of watches with whatever name the retailer wanted on the dial. Before 'branding' became a thing, buyers would trust a local retailer thay were comfortable with against some name they had never heard of. The watch is a Rolex watch from about 1920, just locally branded.</p><p>The winding wheel screw is probably generic, any repairer with a good pile of scrap movements and bits could probably find one to fit.</p><p>You can safely sell it as a Rolex, it is not some hybrid creature. The early pocket watches are not as popular as the wrist watches, so they do not fetch such a premium over other brands. The quality is about the same as other 15J Swiss watches of the period, the Rolex brand has always been something of a triumph of marketing over actual premium quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 340901, member: 25"]This is a 'before they were famous' thing. In the early days of Rolex they would supply batches of watches with whatever name the retailer wanted on the dial. Before 'branding' became a thing, buyers would trust a local retailer thay were comfortable with against some name they had never heard of. The watch is a Rolex watch from about 1920, just locally branded. The winding wheel screw is probably generic, any repairer with a good pile of scrap movements and bits could probably find one to fit. You can safely sell it as a Rolex, it is not some hybrid creature. The early pocket watches are not as popular as the wrist watches, so they do not fetch such a premium over other brands. The quality is about the same as other 15J Swiss watches of the period, the Rolex brand has always been something of a triumph of marketing over actual premium quality.[/QUOTE]
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