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My uncle passed away last year and my aunt has asked me to help sell his watches and other jewelry. I'm familiar with most of the watches she gave me but this IWC pocketwatch is something a bit different for me. Although I've seen similar watches on-line,...  

But if you open the back carefully and show us the movement we can advise about its age and authenticity Mike

my grandpa ,would never sell it but even if i d do i wouldn t expect more than 2grands(maybe less),i think pocketwatch market is really soft i can imagine a nice MR or other complications command a high price but these simple old stuff PM jacket is better... 

This watch is a very good watch, IWC never had cheap watches. I think 1920 for the champagne dial. Not highest class, because you need the pusher to set the time. Audemars or Patek, nobody knows it exactly, invented the set time by crown (I dont know the ... 

my dear friend was invented by Adrien Philippe.

Love to see a picture of the movement, can help you more by PM for value too. Not an easy sell, love to see these stay in the families, but understand that folks rarely wear or use PW anymore. A bit of a shame as there are some superb pieces out there. Th... 

I completely forgot that the inside case cover is hinged. Here are some photos of the movement. ...  

Great condition for a pocket watch. I can't see any watchmaker engravings (normally they'd hand engrave their special code), so it may not have even been worked on ever.

It's very nice, but as someone said, not as appealing to the younger generation and all the old farts who like pocket watches have a few already. Sort of like antique carved oak furniture and 19" B/W television sets - you can hardly give them away, sadly....  

You can keep the tv.