Piaget

MTF,

As it turns out you were pretty much correct, the appraiser took the watch to his jeweler and he confirmed the time piece was a 17 jewel Elgin 902 movement……..with Piaget on the dial……..basically an expensive knockoff!  The jeweler discovered the back plate was somehow jammed against the stem of the time piece keeping it from turning, once open they discovered it still worked and was in good shape on the inside.

It was 14K gold, the band (woven mesh) is solid gold and the diamonds were pretty good quality for a knockoff (VS-1 to I-1….Color: F-G………UVFL) ….total replacement value for the watch @ $4500.

He thought the watch was more of a Victorian style………around the 1920's era…….what do you think?  What era were Elgin 902 time pieces used? (Years' it was in production?)

We have the watch in to be repaired now, we plan on keeping it in the family!    J