12-25-2019 08:06 AM
I got a beautiful silver pocket watch with an art Nouveau flower with a cameo style lady in the center. Its an open face watch. I opened the back case and found these marks. I know the lion indicates silver content apparently from Glasgow but does anyone know what the other marks mean?
12-25-2019 09:40 AM
Argent is French for silver.
12-25-2019 11:03 AM - edited 12-25-2019 11:03 AM
Not English hallmarks, and what you call a lion looks like a bear to me. I would try researching hallmarks of Switzerland; French is one of their official languages.
12-25-2019 11:49 AM
Thank you so much! That makes a little more sense. This is the front and back of the watch. The hands look like they might be karat gold, how much, I'm not sure. It wasn't as easy to pry off the back. Its not like a hunter case where you can open the front as well. Everything is done through the back.
12-27-2019 12:11 PM
OOOHHHH!~ Lovely Art Nouveau lady on the back of that! I wouldn't call it a cameo, a cameo is carved