Except for a few collectors and professional merchants, even the watch industry, which often interacts with the watch industry, knows little about the identification method of antique watch collection. Except for the time-honored watch shops in big cities, watchmakers in small towns rarely have access to them. Before 1950s, Swiss-made high-grade famous brand gold watches were only possible for high-ranking officials, celebrities and wealthy businessmen. It is difficult for ordinary people to own stainless steel watches made in Switzerland or Japan. So after local use, there really isn't much antique watch left. Due to the ignorance of antique watches, there are a large number of counterfeit watches and problem tables on the market, so many people are deceived, which leads to the inability to popularize the collection of antique watches. Antique pocket watches are very old and have a deep knowledge, which is difficult to understand. Do you want to collect or find an expert? Watches are all within 100 years, and information is relatively easy to obtain. As long as you are willing to study snacks more, you can't hide the truth.
For beginners, it is best to choose a watch core with a well-known brand, perfect appearance and good reputation. Because the essence of antique watches lies in the watch core, the quality of the movement has a great influence on the value of the watch. Of course, buy from your favorite watch first; When you are interested in watches and want to collect a lot of watches, you must consider your own economic ability, do what you can, and you'd better choose rationally instead of following the trend rationally. An intact antique watch, like a beautiful work of art, has eternal value. Because of this, some people are willing to pay a high price.
The collection method of antique watches The essentials of collecting antique watches, starting from the brand, is an insurance practice. Except in kind? Really? Appearance is important? Complete? In addition, it is best to choose strange and rare clocks and watches inlaid with special techniques such as jewelry, painting or enamel. If you add a famous brand to the factory, it will be a hot antique in the future.
The insiders suggest that consumers who are interested in collecting antique watches should repair them first, enrich the basic knowledge of brands, watches and movements, understand the evolution history of watches, and then ask experts to lead them to get started, or buy them from professional and reputable watch shops to avoid being deceived. When the skills are accumulated to a certain extent, you can go to treasure hunt all over the world.
At the beginning, we might as well buy some antique watches with lower prices and lower popularity based on our interest. When the technology is a little more mature, we can make a series of targeted purchases, for example, we can buy antique watches that represent a certain brand, a certain form or a certain era.
Antique collection identification method marking: most antique cultural relics will be marked by engraving, casting, printing and writing, and their ages can be determined by finding out their age marks.
Reference: You can look for standard artifacts of antiques according to their shapes, marks, etc. If it is confirmed to be in the same period, it can basically be confirmed to be true.
Type: according to the arrangement of antique shapes, explore the changing law. Pottery can be classified from the aspects of shape, decoration, color, quality and making method.
Patina: Due to the age, all kinds of antique products will leave traces of time, which is patina. It is difficult to imitate the patina, and the real antique patina cloth will become brighter and darker, smoother and feel better.
Thermoluminescence method: using modern science and technology, the radioactive carbon of antique cultural relics is dated, but it is not necessarily 100% accurate.