
Appraisal: Blancpain Pendant Watch, ca. 1925
Clip: Season 29 Episode 8 | 2m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Blancpain Pendant Watch, ca. 1925
Check out Jeff Cohen's appraisal of a Blancpain pendant watch, ca. 1925, in Living History Farms, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Blancpain Pendant Watch, ca. 1925
Clip: Season 29 Episode 8 | 2m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Check out Jeff Cohen's appraisal of a Blancpain pendant watch, ca. 1925, in Living History Farms, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I brought today a pendant watch that my father gave my mother after they were divorced.
It's kind of an apology item because they had had a rough several years, like probably 40-plus years, where they couldn't find any area to communicate on.
And they started communicating later in life, probably in their late 60s, early 70s.
And they started calling each other and visiting, and they'd go out to coffee, things like that.
They went on trips together.
And my mom turned to me during that time and she said, "Your dad's my best friend."
Well, he gave it to her kind of as a way to say he was sorry for things that had happened over the years.
When I look at this, I think it's all about forgiveness.
And my mom gave it to me because she knew I loved it.
When my dad passed away, I think that at that point my mom got it insured and she did have somebody look at it.
And I want to say that it was worth $600, is what they said.
But personally, I doubt that at this point, I don't think it's worth that much.
APPRAISER: How many years ago was that?
GUEST: Oh, probably, at least ten.
APPRAISER: We've got a ladies pendant watch that's worn around the neck.
You've got a nice 18-inch chain.
The chain is all platinum and it's set with diamonds.
The watch is platinum.
The watch is set with diamonds.
We have a little sapphire crown there.
We have a little sapphire crown on the other side.
It's a very high-grade movement.
In the watch business, we call high-grade referring to watch movements that are made by the best companies.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: This one is Blancpain.
Blancpain is a Swiss watchmaking company...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...founded in 1735.
Blancpain is the oldest watch maker in recorded history.
This dates from 1920 to 1925, it really is true Art Deco.
I'm going to flip it over and on the other side, incredible, screams Art Deco.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: This is all enameling.
That's all done by hand.
You have a wonderful figure in there, surrounded by platinum work and little diamonds.
Retail on this, it would bring about $5,000 to $6,000.
GUEST: (laughs) Holy smokes.
(laughs) That's a lot more than I thought.
APPRAISER: It's a little treasure.
GUEST: It was sitting in a box and now I'm going to wear it.
I love it.
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