Surprise! Old Watches Can Contain More Gold than You Expect

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Surprise! Old Watches Can Contain More Gold than You Expect

You find an old watch, flip it over, read the stampings on the case or back cover, and think, “The case is 14K gold.” Then you make a snap judgment about how much the gold in the case is worth and either buy it or not, depending on the asking price. If that’s the way you consider watches, you could be making a mistake, because it’s a mistake to assume that cases are the only parts of watches that can contain gold. 

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Should You Recycle, Keep, or Sell that Old Gold Watch?

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Should You Recycle, Keep, or Sell that Old Gold Watch?

There is money to be made recycling the gold that is found in watches in this category. Forty or 50 years ago, many American watch companies like Gruen and Waltham made watches with cases that were gold-filled (i.e., plated with thick layers of gold that are worth recycling). Still other American companies imported Swiss watch movements and put them in gold-filled cases. Less-than-high end watches with gold-filled cases are often good candidates for recycling.

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