The number of jewels in a watch refers to the number of individual gears it contains.
Other than opening it and counting, you may be able to look up the number
by the make and model of the particular watch.
A very large number, if you include decorative jewels.
Not necessarily. The jewels, often rubies, are intended to provide almost frictionless operation of moving parts. Their effectiveness depends on the quality of the jewels as well as the craftmanship with which the moving parts of the watch are manufactured and assembled.
The stamped crown with the number 18 under it inside a pocket watch likely indicates that the watch has 18 jewels. Jewels are synthetic rubies used in the movement of watches to reduce friction and improve accuracy. A higher number of jewels generally indicates a higher quality and more precise timepiece.
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Jewels are typically attached around the frame of the watch, or ocassionally around the band. Such jewels can be cubic zirconia or actual gens such as diamons and opals.
The numbers of jewels that are referred to in watch movements all depends on the make and manufacture of the watch. Certain companies like Waltham used extra jewels in the mechanisms of their watches, and 19 was referred to as a 19 jewel movement.
Serial # 23798. Case stamped 14kgold. Movement stamped 19 jewels 982. Watch still works.
You can identify it by the case number and serial numbers located on the caseback.
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There's a good discussion of jewels in watches here: http://elginwatches.org/help/watch_jewels.html
It depends on a few things like how many jewels it has, if its solid gold plated or filled, how many of them were made and its condition. Now the higher number of jewels you have the better quality watch it is. obviously if it solid gold its going to be at least worth its weight in gold, and pocket watch cases are not light so it would be worth a pretty penny. You can check all these things by applying some pressure to the back of the watch and twisting it to the left to take off the back of case. Look for markings and who made the case and it will say if it is gold. Also on top of the mechanics of the watch you will find how many jewels it has the maker of the watch and the serial number.
With the arrival of "The General Railroad Timepiece Standards" for a railroad watch in 1893 there was a well established relevance between the number of jewels a pocket watch possesses and its accuracy. Initially the railroad system adopted 17 jewel movements as the "minimum" necessary for the railroad watches of its conductors and engineers. By the early twentieth century many railroad companies specified 19 jewels or more. While there are watches that where made to resemble a railroad watch with less jewels, they were made as cheaper imitations for the general public. You may have noticed that there are tiny red or pink dots at various places on the bridge and pillar plate of your railroad watch. These are the jewels. This diagram illustrates the location of the jewels on a 16 size, 23 jewel Illinois "Bunn Special" railroad watch. spent heaps of time typing this love melkit (my username not my real name)