![]() Beautifully Engraved Front and Back Non Running S 274 PatriciaInExcess. Complete Illinois Pocket Watch Fahy's Montauk No 1 Case. The majority of "Brooklyn Watch Case Company" cases are solid-gold, but the "dog-bone" trade-mark should be accompanied by a form of "14-K" or better yet the "Warranted to U.S. Pocket Watch 15 Jewels Fahys Oresilver Case Works Well Free Shipping. Vintage Fahys Oresilver Number 1 Pocket Watch Case 1884. When you see "Monarch" then it is ALWAYS a Gold-Filled case, there is no if, no but, no maybe, period.Ĭase companies were absorbed, one into another, the "Monarch" trade marked name originated with Fahys as a Gold-Filled Case and that continued over the years through a succession of owners. Fahys Watch Case Montauk 20 Year Gold Filled Case W Crystal - Excellent Pre-Owned. ![]() The name "Monarch" was a well-known trade mark and it was used only on Gold-Filled cases. In the jewelry trade all the various model names were well known, nobody was fooled there, but among the public it was and is even today a whole different story. The problems were so great that by the early 1920s the government stepped in and did away with all the time-statements, requiring gold content to be specifically stated on all jewelry items which of course included watch cases. They could keep their names but content had to be clearly stated. Steve's case would have been made before the stated content law took effect. Questions about "Monarch" and other names have been raised in our forums numerous times over the years. If you do an IHC185 Find-Or-Search for "Monarch Case" the information found there may help in this discussion. ![]() It is important to remember that if you find "Monarch" along "14K" it means "14K Gold Filled" and if you see "Monarch" or practically any other name from a very long list of "Gold-Filled" model names alone with the manufacturers name it will almost invariably turn out to be a Gold-Filled case.
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