What year is billodes pocket watch number 98520

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Hello, Terry -

So far, I have not found much about the Billiodes trademark other than it was a trademark for Zenith and Georges Favre-Jacot.
Source:
National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA; NAWCC)
https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/can-anyone-help-me-with-a-billodes-pocket-watch.83825/

I suggest you take your question to the National Assoc. of Watch & Clock Collectors. You will need to register (free) before logging in and posting your question:
Registration and login:
https://mb.nawcc.org/login/
Questions on European & Other Pocket Watches:
https://mb.nawcc.org/forums/european-other-pocket-watches.29/

There is also the The Watch Forum discussion website (United Kingdom):
https://www.thewatchforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/113413-zenithbillodesgfj-pocket-watches/
You will need to sign up (free) before you can post a question.

The individuals on either forum will be more familiar with Billiodes pocket watches than most of us who volunteer to answer Fixya.com questions.

Plus, Fixya.com is a website intended for asking and answering questions on how to go about repairing things.

Best wishes.

usually the age is in the casing number. the 5 is the year and the 7 is the month. The year will depend on the age of the watch maybe 77 or 67

Estimated year 1919 Illinois Pocket Watch Serial Number 3538525 Information

There is so many different Locle pocket watches it's impossible to say for sure without more information and would be speculation on my part.

To get the most accurate info the best thing to do is take a picture of any numbers and hallmarks and post them along with the request for info on a watch forum.
The links below are your best bet.
Hope this helps and good luck.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/

http://home.watchprosite.com/

http://www.classicwatch.com

If the serial number came off of the movement the pocket watch was manufactured between 1909 - 1910.

Hope this tips.

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David

If you go to the web site "www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waltham-pocket-watch.html", you will find information about Waltham watches and if you read the serial number off the movement (open the back and read it off the back plate), you may be able to find out the year of manufacture.

The serial number is usually engraved on the movement. If you open the back of the watch, you should be able to see it.

I looked at the Hamilton pocket watch site (in might be helpful if you visit the site, simply type "hamiltonpocketwatches.com" into your search engine and your will be able to examine photos of a number of movements).

The position and size of the number varies but it shouldn't take to long to find. One of the pictures I found impossible to see the number but the rest I found, although sometimes you had to look quite carefully.

If you go to Wikipedia and type in "
Joseph Johnson (watch maker)"
you will see there are a number of reference documents listed. The information you look for may be in one of these.