Personalized Pocket Watch

The world of men's gold watches for sale is deep, wide and sometimes murky unless some guidance is found along the way. In addition, specialty items such as personalized pocket watches that have fallen out of some favor in these days of cell phones, can make spectacular gifts for that special man and can become an heirloom item that can be passed down from generation to generation . Many men today can remember fathers and uncles and businessmen of the past having a personalized pocket watch on a chain and pulling them out to check the time at various parts of the day. For women who are looking to get that man a gift he may not have, a beautiful time piece might fit the bill, especially since cell phones all look and sound so much alike. Among the many men's gold watches for sale there might be one that will actually take his breath away, and that might not be an everyday occurrence! "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord." (Psalm 150:6)

To begin, there are many things to consider when choosing one of the myriad of men's timepieces. It may be a timepiece worn on the wrist, or the timepiece could be a personalized pocket watch that can look very dashing on a man who likes the idea of looking a little differently than the run of the mill fashion hounds of the day. When choosing a precious metal timepiece, consider the varied grades of gold that are available. The precious metal in its purest form is 24k grade, but is too soft to form the body of any piece of jewelry that must take a pounding from everyday wear. This grade is fine for monetary exchanges, but not suitable for the case of a watch, and would make the price astronomical. 18k grade is seventy five percent pure and has nickel, copper, palladium, zinc or platinum added to it to give the precious metal some hardness and longevity. 14k grade is about fifty eight percent pure with the same types of metal added in a larger percentage to give the the precious metal even more strength. For white gold, the white metals are used to give the appearance of the metal being white in color.

Of course the higher the grade of the precious metal, the more expensive the watch will be. But in the world of men's gold watches for sale, there is more to consider than just the makeup of the outside case. If the buyer is a traditionalist, and considers the one receiving the timepiece to also be a staunch traditionalist, then a 17 carat Swiss movement is the perfect choice for the timepiece. The term Swiss movement has been the bench mark for fine timepieces for well over a century, and while a number of Swiss movement timepieces are made at least partially in locations other than Switzerland, there are some truisms that can be counted on when the term is applied to the advertising of the time keeper. First a Swiss movement must be assembled in Switzerland, it must have been inspected in the same country, and at least half of the components that make up the movement must have been made in the tiny country also.

Electronic movements can be found in some men's gold watches for sale, such as a quartz movement. Many of the most inexpensive timepieces that are not digital have quartz movements because they are many more times accurate than a mechanical movement. But there is something about the routine of winding a timepiece that gives many people a feeling of control, tradition and reliability that a self winding or battery powered time keeper cannot give to the owner. When a person winds a timepiece every few days, the mechanical time keeper and the person get to know each other, and there is a certain familiarity that comes with maintaining a timepieces's perpetuity that can't be found in a timepiece that never stops humming because it is battery powered. In many more expensive personalized pocket timepieces, the mechanical movement is skeletonized, meaning that all the wheels and gears are in plain sight, making a fascinating show for young children who might have come to believe that all of life runs on a battery.

When looking at men's gold watches for sale, there can be little illusion that one gets what one pays for. 18k gold timepieces from some of the world's finest makers will not come cheap. Consider a particular rare personalized pocket watch for sale. This timepiece in 18k gold was made before 1860 and is key wound with French movement for four thousand dollars. Consider a modern timepiece in 18k rose colored gold, which is very atypical, with a silver dial, Swiss quartz movement, date calendar and is water resistant to thirty meters. The online sale price is only sixty five hundred dollars. Of course, one can also get a gold plated stainless steel men's timepiece with quartz movement for only four hundred dollars, but gold plating means about a millionth of an inch precious metal surface over the stainless steel.

A person can buy a personalized pocket watch from less than a hundred dollars to the outlandish vintage watch mentioned in the last paragraph. There are also men's precious metal watches for sale at a little more than five hundred dollars for 14k gold timepieces and many thousands of dollars for 18k gold time keepers for men. Gold plated men's watches are another thing, and certainly stainless steel pocket timepieces can be bought many times for fewer than fifty dollars. But passing on an heirloom can be a moving experience, and with so many massed produced items today, an experience that is fast becoming a lost art.