enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Marcasite jewellery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcasite_jewellery

   Marcasite jewellery has been made since the time of the ancient Greeks. [3] It was particularly popular in the eighteenth century, the Victorian era and with Art Nouveau jewellery designers. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] When diamonds were banned from public display in Switzerland in the 18th century, marcasite, along with cut steel, was turned to as a replacement.

3. Cut steel jewellery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_steel_jewellery

   Exactly what was manufactured is poorly documented but by 1761 it included worn items such as buckles and watch chains as well as scissors. [2] Exactly when purely decorative items first appeared is also unclear but "Stars for the nobility" are attested from 1778. [ 2 ]

4. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_watch

   The majority of antique and vintage hunter-case watches have the lid-hinges at the 9 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow of the watch at the 3 o'clock position. Modern hunter-case pocket watches usually have the hinges for the lid at the 6 o'clock position and the stem, crown and bow at the 12 o'clock position, as with open-face watches.

5. 'Antiques Roadshow:' See the great story behind a rare Rolex

   www.aol.com/news/2015-04-14-antiques-roadshow...

   Behold: A rare 1940s Rolex military watch with an estimated value and an incredible backstory you won't believe. "I feel this will sell very easily at auction between $40,000 to $50,000," said ...

6. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_watchmakers

   Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch producer, Berner Jura, director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier. Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish clockmaker, Ribe, astronomical world clock in Copenhagen. Jämes Pellaton (1873–1954), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, tourbillon. Louis Cartier (1875–1942), French watchmaker, Paris, Cartier ...

7. List of most expensive watches sold at auction - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive...

   A Patek Philippe pocket watch. This list of most expensive watches sold at auction documents the watches sold at auction worldwide for at least 1.5 million US dollars.The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction.

8. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_watch_manufacturers

   This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.

9. Regina pocket watches - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_pocket_watches

   Regina watches are occasionally stamped with the name of an American city, indicating that some were sold in the United States. The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors describes Regina watches as an inferior brand of Omega, but mentions that some were adjusted highly enough to be used as railroad timepieces, which was the ...