Antique pocket watch auctions: silver, gold and Swiss movements, searched at once

Pocket watches span a huge range of value, from decorative Victorian silver pieces sold mainly for their hallmarked cases to genuinely fine Swiss and English fusee movements collected for their mechanics, and a hallmark, maker's name or working-order description in a listing can make the difference between a decorative item and a serious collector's piece. Full hunter cases, chains and original boxes are worth searching for alongside the watches.

Why pocket watch lots get missed

General household and estate auctions frequently list a pocket watch as "silver fob watch, untested" with no maker or hallmark date given, so a genuinely fine movement or a rare maker's name can be sitting in a listing that never surfaces in a single-site browse.

One search across every platform

Auction Bid Assistant's free browser extension searches the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector and LiveAuctionWorld simultaneously, alongside eBay. Search "silver pocket watch," "gold pocket watch," a maker's name, or "pocket watch" generally and results return across all of them, with images, estimates, current bids where shown, and sale countdowns, sorted by platform in tabs.

Real results for "antique pocket watch": genuine gold full hunter, Swiss Selezi and chain fob pocket watches, found in one search.

It works by searching from inside your own browser, the same as opening and searching each site yourself, just done in seconds. Nothing is stored on our servers, permissions are minimal, and the extension never places a bid on your behalf.

Alerts: for the maker or metal you're after

Save a search (a maker's name, "silver pocket watch," "gold pocket watch," or the term generally) and get emailed the moment a new lot matches it, across all covered platforms including eBay, rather than relying on remembering to check each one.

Want to try before installing?

The same search box works on this website with no install at all for eBay, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Featured Auction catalogues, a quick way to see matching pocket watch lots before adding the rest of the platforms via the extension.

Built for how pocket watch collectors actually work

Save any lot with one click from search results, export your shortlist as a printable PDF or CSV before a sale, and on the day itself the optional live bridge feeds the auctioneer's asking price into the free bid calculator, so your maximum (with buyer's premium and VAT included) is always in front of you.

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