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Time has often been a valued element, and now becomes a valuable part for people that collect antique gold pocket watches. 

The history of pocket watches extends back to the mid 1400′s, shown by a letter from an Italian clockmaker to a noble.  In the document, the nobleman is offered what was called as a pocket clock by the clockmaker.  A businessperson of German descent was making pocket watches in 1524 in England using a revolutionary spring technology ; clock faces that exhibited only one hand to indicate the hour now took the place of using the sun to tell what time it is.  Time might be estimated inside an hour or so of the real time.  The minute hand was added much later in the late 1600′s when technology advanced farther ; enabling wearers of the watches to gauge time within mins of the actual time.  As technology authorized more definite time gauging, more embellishments were added to meet a growing interest in the watches. 

Portable watches, as they were called in the early days, were first built of steel by blacksmiths and locksmiths as they were accustomed to working with the amalgamate.  Over time, other better substances were used instead, such as brass, silver and gold.  Jewels and fragile scroll work were added to grace some of the watches to make them more attractive for the rich.  Antique gold pocket watches, especially those with jewels, are especially valuable for collectors due to these gildings. 

Waltham, Elgin, Hamilton, Ball and Illinois are just a few of the early producers of pocket watches whose products are among those valued the highest.  All the way back to the mid 1800′s and of stunning design, many of those watches are sought after as collectibles.  Another popular collector kind of pocket watch is a series called Railroad watches.  These watchs were utilized by train engineers in critical time keeping schedules for train arrivals and departures.  The accuracy of the watches were more precisely correct than most, as any variance of time quicker or slower could mean tragic eventualities for two trains on one track.  As with any antique, the value of the item relies on how much a buyer is willing to pay for it. 

The prize of many collectors is antique gold pocket watches, with histories that go back almost 150 years.  Often owned by the well to do in society, these watchs would likely have wonderful stories if they were only in a position to tell more than time.

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