Crown and scale of of a clock

coco · Post by **coco** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:40 pm

Hi,
ich have an old clock with a hallmark or silver hallmark.

There are a crown and something like a scale.

Further there stands 0,585 .

Is there somebody who can help me to find the company or the country, which porduced this clock?

Post by **dognose** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:31 pm

Hi Coco,

I think we need a photograph, if you are to get an answer.

Regards Trev.

salmoned · Post by **salmoned** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:39 pm

0.585 could suggest 14K gold, but that's pure speculation...

jewelcat · Post by **jewelcat** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:13 pm

Hi Coco,

0,585 is stamped normally found on pieces made in or for Germany,
it stands for " a bit more than 14 carat " as 14 carat are exactly
583,3/1000 gold.

To be honest , carat is something we are not using for metal.
Over here it's the weight for stones. Diamonds and so on ;-).

Regards

jewelcat

kerangoumar · Post by **kerangoumar** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:21 am

we may use carat for the weight of gemstones

but
we use karat for gold, and 585, or .585, denotes 14 karat gold.
Before you proceed you might want to get a jeweller to test the metal - perhaps it really is (white) gold.