When a $75 price is quoted for a pocket watch, is that really just enough to purchase the gold plating in the case and you're getting the movement for free? I'm curious how much gold is in a gold filled case. Hopefully that makes things a bit easier to understand. When gold is worth a lot, then the pricing might change, to be affected by the quality of the case. At times where gold isn't worth much, a watch might be priced more according to the quality of the movement.
So it's probably more likely that the seller will price the watch according to the gold (or silver, if that be the case) content in the watch-case.Īll that said, I still agree with what Chris says. Therefore, it doesn't always make sense to sell the watch for the quality of the movement.not many people are going to care about that. Let's face it.Not many people wear pocket-watches these days (I'm one of a few, here, who still do). They calculate the value wholly on the value of the gold and sell it at that, regardless of how good (or bad) the movement is. I was referring more to the informal situations where a person is just trying to get as much money out of the watch as they can. A better-quality watch will certainly cost more to buy.
In a professional, watch-selling/trading environment, certainly the quality of the movement has a significant effect on the price.
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