Would be very grateful if you could help me!
It looks like a marriage watch; a pocket watch that’s been converted into a wrist watch.
I love them, they’re unique and interesting, there’s not much monetary value in them but they’re still very neat.
Wow that is so cool!
Thanks!
Its an authentic early single button Eberhard.
Similar to this one:
Worth around $2,000
This watch is not an Eberhard. See my post for a longer explanation.
OP, I would caution against selling something like thisqhqtwver cash you receive, willl be nill compared to.the sentiment of having a piece of your mother…take.tbus advice frome.someone.who knows .
I don’t intend to sell it, its emotional value will always exceed its monetary one. I was just curious because I found similar watches online but could never find this exact one.
Contrary to some other posts, I believe this watch is not an Eberhard, but it’s also not exactly a “fake”.
Rather, there were two different companies with the same name:
- Eberhard & Co., a respected Swiss brand that’s for historical reasons is popular in Italy (and was later bought by an Italian businessman)
- Eberhard, which was a jewelry retailer in Milan, Italy
Eberhard, Milan sold jewelry and also watches from well-known makers such as Patek Phillipe and Jaeger LeCoultre. Later they began selling “private label” Swiss-made watches under their own brand, labeled “Eberhard Milan” and “Chronometre Eberhard”.
At one point this led to confusion in the market and maybe even a lawsuit between the two companies.
Your watch appears to be a Eberhard Milan private labelled watch, probably from the 1920s or 1930s.
That would make sense since my granpa was Italian and was born around 1905, and it was his watch. Thanks a lot for your comprehensive answer!
Chronometre Eberhard
This is correct. So the value will depend on whether the movement is of good quality.
Bravo!! This is perhaps the best ID post I’ve seen in this sub. I’m so glad you came along to give a good answer instead of having OP left thinking it was a fake watch.