Help identifying watch

JR45
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Hi everyone. I have inherited this watch a while ago, it used to belong to my great-grandad, probably from the 20’s or 30’s I guess. However the dial is in pretty bad shape and I cannot identify make or model. Any ideas? Thanks!

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Canuck
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My guess is that the subject watch is likely from the 1960s. We’d need to have a look at the mechanism (movement) as a further clue.
 
JR45
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Hi again everyone. The mechanism is a Landeron movement 2, if that’s any help. Thanks in advance!
 
Dan S
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Any other hints? Or photos?

Edit: With a bit of effort, it looks like you could read some of the text right from the dial, which would be helpful. Try a magnifier and some different angles and types of lighting.
 
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Dan S Dan S
Any other hints? Or photos?

Edit: With a bit of effort, it looks like you could read some of the text right from the dial, which would be helpful. Try a magnifier and some different angles and types of lighting.
These photos were the best I could do. Can just abour read the letters “ATC” on the dial. Wonder if it used to read “watch”. Markings on the back look very non-specific…

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That looks awfully like the generic Chronographe Suisse style of watch seen with various branding dating from the late ‘40s up until the end of the ‘60s. Despite being marked 18K gold, there is very very little actual gold in them, like 6g at most. The cases are paper thin and very easy to damage. If you pop the back you'll find a base metal inner back and also similar movement ring which adds the strength but of course lowers the gold weight. These were cheap to buy back in the day and were sold as souvenirs to visitors to Switzerland. They trade for low to mid hundreds of pounds/mid to high hundreds of dollars on ebay and the like, though the recent rise in gold prices should put a floor under their values. In theory, a black dial should fetch a higher price, but that one is pretty heavily patinated and the numbers looks to have perhaps been repainted so probably wont attract much of a premium over the other paler versions.

The movement is most likely to be a Landeron 48 or the similar 248
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