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Choice Watch with California Quartz Gold Chain

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Jewelry & Watches Start Price:3,750.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Choice Watch with California Quartz Gold Chain
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Pocket watch with a chain containing 7 sets of small gold/quartz samples and one large oval (27mm x 32mm) gold quartz sample. Watch has fancy engraving and the script is also fancy. This must have been an expensive watch on its own. Illinois watch. By 1890 the Illinois Watch Company had established corporate offices in San Francisco. Presented to John J. Kelley on June 7, 1899.
There are only two John J. Kelley in SF in 1900, but this one may be a man in Shasta, Cal., because of mining association. Chain weighs 1.35 troy ounces and measures approx. 14." Watch is 1" diameter. Horseshoe and floral pattern on outside of watch case.


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State: California,
Date: 1899

FHWAC#: 22753