Help me identify a silver pocket watch please

[mattman]

Hi - I'm calling on the depths of the PH knowledge to help me to identify a silver pocket watch thats been sat in the back of a cupboard for many years. I inheirted it from my grandfather but no one knows anything about it.

Apologies for the bad iphone photos, the only marks i can find are on the inside of the back cover that has a small crown with "Fine Silver" stamped underneath, "LEVER" on outside and "5549" on the inside of the movement cover

Any ideas?

[mikeveal]

I'm not a pocket watch expert.

Lever appears to refer to the escapement type. Lever escapement as opposed to a pin pallet. It's hard to tell, but that does not look like a high or even medium quality movement. Sorry.

The case certainly looks like silver. It looks like a pretty standard case by Dennison or one of the other prolific case makers. However, if it is silver, it will have an assayers mark. From your pictures, it looks like there are some marks on the inside of the outer case. Get a good macro shot of those and google silver hallmarks. You should be able to date the case from the hallmarks.

[mattman]

Thanks Mike - not expecting any value to it, just be nice to know what it is.

I can't find any hallmarks though, just the crown and "Fine Silver" text

[Vvroom]

European or US made?

Would explain the absence of hallmarks.

Someone will know OP, I'm sure.