Solid Gold Waltham.

by John Hart
(Essex, England , UK)

This solid gold Waltham pocket watch has been in my collection for 22 years and although I have had many different types I always come back to this one as my favorite. The unusual chain is also a wonder to me because the chain was adourned at one time with attached charms of some kind that were cut off. Visible on a fragment of one part left behind is an Egyptian or Arabic letter or symbol. There is a charm with 2 tennis rackets standing on a pedestal, the onyx pedestal is also a stamp if you look on the bottom and if you dip it in an ink pad and stamp it, reads "Constance", it has a little gold drum with onyx on the bottom and pearl on the top as skins, and a bullet as another charm.

This gold Waltham also has a silver watch key with green onyx inlay. Although this watch does not require a key, the watch dates from 1873 and I feel the chain has been with it most of that time. Although I can only vouch for the last 22 years of course. The watch is 35mm across so is it a ladies mans or unisex watch? Has anyone got any ideas were this watch has been before 1998..??