Whoever services the watch should be able to obtain a replacement bezel and crystal and perhaps straighten the minute hand. Gold coins are about 22K (91.6), and the highest purity typically found in jewelry or watch cases is 18K (75) which was fashionable in Europe. The Encyclopedia article on Choosing a Pocket Watch Repair Person may be useful as well. The purity of gold is expressed as a fraction of 'pure' 24 karat gold, so if something is marked as 12-karat gold, that means it is 12/24ths or 50 gold. It may be helpful for you to read the Encyclopedia article on Watch Service and its related links, especially the one to the message board thread on the subject. Unless you know that it has been cleaned and oiled within the last few years, you should have the watch serviced before running it very much. Oh, your watch appears to be missing the bezel and crystal.
We'll know more when we see the movement serial number and markings and the case markings. American Waltham Pocket Watch 43mm case, inside case stamped 'Fahys, Monarch, 14K, 749514', gold filled, serial 5313610, circa 1892, 11 jewels, size 6s, 64. is not known to have made solid gold cases around the turn of the century, which is when your watch appears to have been made. Tell us what else you do know and the Antiques Appraiser will be able to better. Sometimes its turned out to be surprisingly valuable. Experts Assistant: I always love having an appraiser look at my stuff. I was looking for an estimate of its worth. GOLD FILLED POCKET WATCH FAHYS MONTAUK 1882 GRADE 825 15 JEWELS SERIAL 15783205. It is highly likely that your watch case is 14K gold-filled, not solid gold. I have a gold pocket watch from 1910 with a rockford movement and a Fahys Montauk watch case. It's also helpful if you can post (i.e., type out) all the markings that are inside of the case and that are on the movement, especially the movement serial number, in case they can't be seen in the picture(s). We may be able to identify it by the shape of the plates. Other pictures will help a little, but these are the most important. Clearness and sharpness is important as differences in makes, watch grades or case material markings can be subtle. It would be helpful if you could post pictures of the movement (the "works") and markings stamped inside of the watch case (you can ignore any "hand-scratched" characters, they're watch repairers' marks), the clearer and sharper, the better. Your watch movement appears to be a ladies' size movement made by the Hampden Watch Co. Welcome to the NAWCC American Pocket Watch Message Board!