WEBVTT 00:02.135 --> 00:09.175 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: It was given to my father from his grandfather. I'm next in line to, 00:09.175 --> 00:15.015 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to inherit it, and we don't mu, know much about it. Um, it was appraised in 1991, 00:15.015 --> 00:21.087 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and they estimated that it was from about 1820 and it's French. I love the 00:21.087 --> 00:25.592 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% little illustration on the front. And also, it plays music, and that's one of the best parts. 00:25.592 --> 00:28.328 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: The case is made out of 18-karat 00:28.328 --> 00:30.997 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% gold. Yeah. Solid gold watch. I would date it about 1830. 00:30.997 --> 00:33.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 00:33.466 --> 00:36.936 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: It's a key wound watch, key set. You've got the keys right here for the watch. 00:36.936 --> 00:38.605 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 00:38.605 --> 00:43.076 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: Musical watches are quite rare. You told me you didn't even know it was musical, and 00:43.076 --> 00:44.844 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% you were just playing with it, maybe, yesterday... (laughs) ...and you heard music go off on it. 00:44.844 --> 00:46.179 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 00:46.179 --> 00:50.183 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The watch was made in France. What's really wonderful is this face on it, 00:50.183 --> 00:53.386 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% or the dial of the watch. And we have an early American flag on there, so... 00:53.386 --> 00:54.821 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 00:54.821 --> 01:00.360 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The subject matter is phenomenal. That's porcelain enamel. That's all hand-painted. 01:00.360 --> 01:05.231 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And then you have this gold that's on top of the dial there. You notice at the center 01:07.067 --> 01:09.069 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% how it's indented a little bit right there? 01:09.069 --> 01:10.270 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Uh-huh. 01:10.270 --> 01:12.472 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: That is called a bull's eye crystal. Can't get those today. 01:12.472 --> 01:13.807 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckles) 01:13.807 --> 01:14.707 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Now, if we turn it over... 01:20.413 --> 01:26.653 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ...this back, the French called it guilloché, or we call it engine-turning. They engraved the back 01:26.653 --> 01:31.424 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% of the case. I'm going to just open it up here. First, we look at the inner cover of the watch. 01:34.360 --> 01:38.965 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In French, that's called a cuvette, and it was a dust cover to protect the movement of 01:38.965 --> 01:44.070 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the watch. You can see there's two holes. Both of those are for winding the watch, 01:44.070 --> 01:46.406 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% not for setting. The arrows are engraved on here so that you didn't accidentally... 01:46.406 --> 01:48.408 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: Turn it the wrong way. ... 01:48.408 --> 01:49.075 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: turn it the wrong direction and damage it. You have two different 01:51.611 --> 01:55.482 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% mechanisms in the watch. The smaller barrel, that's what holds the mainspring inside. 01:55.482 --> 01:57.217 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:57.217 --> 02:01.087 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: That's the one that you would wind to run the watch. And there's a larger barrel here, 02:03.857 --> 02:09.829 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and that is the spring that powers the musical part of the watch. This watch 02:09.829 --> 02:15.602 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% played music in two different ways. It would play music on the hour if you wanted it to... 02:15.602 --> 02:16.402 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Mm-hmm. ... 02:16.402 --> 02:18.571 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: and then there was a button that plays it on demand, 02:18.571 --> 02:19.706 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and that was the button that you hit by accident... 02:19.706 --> 02:20.940 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (laughs) ... 02:20.940 --> 02:23.810 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: and it started playing music. That must have been a surprise, right? 02:23.810 --> 02:24.410 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Yeah, it was, it was. 02:24.410 --> 02:25.812 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: I mean, did you think you broke it at first? 02:25.812 --> 02:26.980 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (laughs): Yes! 02:26.980 --> 02:29.282 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Or, or, like, you know, "Wait a minute, what's all that noise coming 02:29.282 --> 02:37.924 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% out of it?" We're going to play this right now. (music playing from watch) 02:37.924 --> 02:41.094 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% What do you think the value of it was? 02:41.094 --> 02:45.031 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: When it was appraised in 1991, they estimated about $2,500. 02:45.031 --> 02:48.334 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: A musical watch in gold today, a nice example of one, 02:50.537 --> 02:53.273 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% would, would probably bring somewhere between $5,000 and $8,000. 02:56.843 --> 03:02.882 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% But we have this spectacular face on this watch. It's a harbor scene, it's flawless. 03:02.882 --> 03:08.221 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% A watch collector would love it. A person that loves musical, music boxes, anything musical, 03:08.221 --> 03:13.860 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% and then Americana, 'cause of the American flag on it. An auction value today, I would put on it, 03:13.860 --> 03:18.798 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% with all these features on it, I think this watch would easily bring between $15,000 and $20,000. 03:18.798 --> 03:23.469 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: (laughs): Wow, that is quite the shock. 03:23.469 --> 03:31.344 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% It's been in the safety deposit for, like, 20 years. So wow. That's great. (laughs) Thank you. 03:31.344 --> 03:33.279 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The dial, that's the first one I've ever seen like that. 03:33.279 --> 03:34.814 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Really? 03:34.814 --> 03:36.082 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: On, on a musical watch like this. So it, it's quite nice.