Bob Delbridge posted:Bob Delbridge posted:My wife passed away May 3 and I haven't been posting much, but today as I was going thru some of her things I found this:
The face notation says "Ball Official RR Standard Cleveland".
I don't think it came from anyone on her side of the family that was a RRman, I know her grandfather was on the Vicksburg Police force (I have 2 of his badges, one is a captains badge).
Not sure how long this watch has been sitting, at least 25 years. Should I try to wind it up or what's the first thing I should do?
(it must work, the second hand has moved 8 seconds since I took the photo)
Finally removed the back off the watch, here's what I saw:
BALL MODEL
WADSWORTH QUALITY
14 KARAT GOLD FILLED
7485828
There's an inscription that reads "All My Love Is Yours, Madge"
The inside the watch itself is the following:
BALL WATCH Co.
CLEVELAND O
TRADEMARK OFFICIAL STANDARD
21 JEWELS ADJUSTED 5 POSITIONS
B623063
How can I tell when this was made and an approximate value?
I'm sorry for your loss as well.
You can plug in the serial number of pretty much any watch on this website and get results (the page I linked to is for your watch). Your watch was probably made in 1926.
