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

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

Portable watches, as they were called in the beginning, were first assembled of steel by blacksmiths and locksmiths as they were accustomed to working with the alloy.  Over time, other more suitable substances were used instead, such as brass, silver and gold.  Jewels and fragile scroll work were added to adorn some of the watches to make them more tasty for the made.  Antique gold pocket watches, especially those with jewels, are particularly valuable for collectors due to these embellishments. 

Waltham, Elgin, Hamilton, Ball and Illinois are just some of the early manufacturers of pocket watches whose products are among those valued the highest.  Going back to the mid 1800′s and of beautiful design, many of these watches are sought after as collectibles.  Another well-liked collector sort of pocket watch is a series called Railroad watches.  These timepieces were utilized by train engineers in crucial time keeping schedules for train arrivals and departures.  The accuracy of the watches were more precisely correct than most, as any variance of time faster or slower could mean tragic scenarios for two trains on one track.  As with any antique, the value of the item depends 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 timepieces would likely have wonderful stories if they were only in a position to tell more than time.

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