6 Dec 2010

Notes on Collection of Antique Watches

Watches Review Center Report: Antique watch as a heavyweight investment inartisticproducts, from the last century, swept the world since the mid-80s, people were surprised to find that the hands of celebrities in New York before World War II's cousin DAI Qi, and cited as fashion. So, this nostalgia from the United States flocked to the world. In recent years, with the watchcollection ofthe increasing temperature, there were many watch collectors, but also attracted many watch collectors. Antique clocks watch collection is one of the main collection, but also a number of collectors, especially those who have just started collecting and was more concerned about a difficult. Each collection has its own, like learning, antique watch is no exception. Note the collection antique watch are the following:

The first question is to figure out its origin, age, quality, function, style and structure and other aspects of mechanical, patience, see the dial and the movement after the boards, and watch, case, etc., through its inscription to decide whether to buy; watch card name is written exactly the same with the original, there are slightly different, many leave the watch by turning the dial all the way to write and Imitative made.

Second, we must pay attention to the product phase, including the movement and the wheel is intact, look for cracks, accessories are complete, travel time is accurate, and select style strange, rare, or set withjewels, and enamel painting, etc, and is best from famous watch. Do not just look at case. It is directly related to the antique watch collection. If the dial is turned over a list of new and damaged, the value of the watch will be greatly reduced. If your hands get a watch is porcelain dial, the dial must see whether there are cracks and spalling on the place. In addition, the general form are marked on the dial brand names and sub-tags to identify each letter carefully, since some counterfeiters often do little tricks in this regard.

Third, Whether the hands are original. Although there are many styles of watches and clocks hands, their style and appearance should be coordinated. For example, the moon-shaped, diamond, peach and so on. If different size or different style of pointer modifications together, we can identify them by comparison. Also in the watch, people will often see the blue steel hands. The so-called blue steel hands, that is marker sintered at a certain temperature has a special blue. This represents a certain tradition and technique.

Fourth, the bottom of the watch case are generally marked with the name of the manufacturer such as text, based on the identification of the text on the dial, experienced watch collectors or collectors identifiable as whether the original case. Watch case manufacturing a wide variety of materials, gold and silver made in case there are metal marks, buyers should be a pretty good idea before buying. In addition, different regions have different production mark of the watch, in general, the goddess of head, crown, Charlotte, said gold, ducks, lions, and gentian flowers, said Silver.

Fifth, the movement is the heart of a watch. To distinguish between real and fake movement, especially on the watch collection of antique watch is very important. In the antique watch, they would often use different brands and different sizes of the movement were modified, although this can be a modified form the same travel time, but the movement is not original, and its value will therefore be a large collection of discount. However, collectors need not therefore worry, because the movement can be identified if the original is. Most of the movement watches are engraved with the splint on the name of the manufacturer, in the early pocket watch, the producer's name will appear. In some watches movement, people can also see a variety of numbers. Some of these numbers unified specification that the number of the movement, while others said the vintage label, which is very helpful collection of antique watches.

Sixth, collection of antique watchs and other collections also like to choose topics, such as set watches, set the foreign watch, China set the watch, set art form and so on. Who started his collection of antique watchs should be 30-years collection of the last century to 50 years is appropriate antique watch, antique watch at this time not only because many styles,financially affordable.

Many brands are the historical features and style of its own, as to how to choose, to see the eyes of the individual. Expensive antique watch, but how a play, but also by the abundance of frugal people. In fact, depending on the antique watch is also a good choice of an investment.

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