Vintage railway watch identification help

[shouldbworking]

Hi,
I've just had a family heirloom passed on to me and wanted to find out a bit more about it. All I know of it is that its supposed to date from the mid to late 1800s. Can anyone tell me anything about it? It's in reasonable order - it doesn't get going unless its moved around, but once its going it keeps good time.













Thanks in advance for any help

[pastrana72]

Sorry I can not offer any specfic information, but that is in really nice condition. Great piece.

Hope you can get the info you need on it.

[glazbagun]

Checking the hallmark online should be an easy way of getting a date. Movement wise it looks early 20th/late 19th century Swiss.

[shouldbworking]

Cheers.. googling suggests that the 2 bears mean that it is swiss silver above .875 standard and the 0,935 is the actual standard. So the shield must be the hallmark.. tricky to look up though, seems a popular symbol to use!

Edit : Bah.. looks like the shield with lion rampant is just another indicator for > .875 quality silver

Edited by shouldbworking on Tuesday 27th December 23:58