WOW! Talk about uncommon and beautiful!

18S HAMILTON FANCY DIAL PRIVATE LABEL POCKET WATCH

Puttin' on my shades!

I agree.

But, consider.... I bought this one at the Cleveland National, took it to the shop and fully serviced it. When it was done, one of the first persons that I showed it to, took a quick glance and said, "too gaudy."

Go figure.....

Girly watches.

Larry

I really like these, girly or not.

Seriously, that Elgin of Peter's reminds me of the blue faced and elaborate "Somewhere in Time" Hamilton I posted about under movie watches a while back.

Very nice examples guys. I like to think of these as the peacocks of the pocket watch world, something flashy that was sure to be noticed when the owner pulled it out to check the time, then and now.

That Hamilton 924 that Lin pointed to has an especially uncommon dial and quite a showy case too.

I really like those fancy dials...Here is another.

and it really neat when the movement side is done differently..

I try to come home from every large Regional with 2 or 3 of these gold lovlies. If you are careful, you can usually find some of these, selling for just a tad above their scrap value.

I do not invest in gold or precious metals per-se. But I do feel that the current market for gold-cases is so out-of-wack that these babies are, again, going to the smelter.

I don't know whether the price of gold is destined to go up or down, but I am reasonably sure that these gold-cased watches are going to become increasingly scarce.

Hi Guys. I wish to share with you pictures of the two dials that I have. I think you would injoy to see them. First one is Elgin 18 size and second one is Waltham 83 model. There is a link abouve the two photos for a large pictures. You can simply click on them. Thank you.
http://www.watch-art.com/ebaystaff/elgin1.jpg

This is the inner part of that dial. It is greatly decorated. It is hard to see but it is there. Thanks.

This is the Waltham. Injoy.
http://www.watch-art.com/ebaystaff/waltham83.jpg

Those are beautiful Sham! That first one is sometimes called a "telephone dial" because of the white circles around the hour numerals.

Sham,

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Waltham 83 dial an O'Hara? It sure looks like the quality and design of the very popular O'Hara dials. I would really like to add a watch like this to my collection. If only to find one that isn't going to break the bank!

John

Hi John. When I purchased the watch from a very respected dealler, I was told that it was an O'Hara dial. But truely I have no way of knowing it for sure. I am not sure if it has anything under the dial. If there is a possibility of being something I could take it out and look at it. Thanks.

Nice watches everone they are beautys..

John that,s beautiful 2 tone..

O'Hara will be marked on the back of the dial as they say and I truely believe John is right that it is one. Gorgeous watches now I have to clean the drool off my keyboard.

Actually, most O'hara dials WON'T be signed. The dial above IS an O'hara. These dials have several "trademark" features to them that aren't found on copy cats. A signature on the back is great to have and they do show up from time to time but true O'hara collectors can identify the dials without having to look at the reverse.

I would advise extreme caution if you pull that dial. They are amazingly fragile and seem to fracture if you even look at them wrong.

I have seen perfect examples fetch over $1,000.00.