Sorry, I may have made a mistake. I saw a pic you posted with a 73 number, but now I understand it was not a pic of your watch - am I right? A hallmark with a / next to the howl means the gold content is at least of 75% (18 K). If there is no /, the gold content is at least of 50% (12 k).
Indeed, according to French standards, a gold product must have at least a 75% gold content. If not, it cannot be called gold made.
I do not have a pic of a watch with this hallmark, but it looks like this:
Assume this image is taken from the net ? If so can you point me in the right direction or post a link ? Thanks again
Yes, it is. Here is the link. There are numerous other sites concerning this topic, almost all in French.
http://legemmologue.com/2014/06/08/les-poincons-particuliers-55/
Thanks very much for this. After reading it has cleared up why mine or the other owl hallmark pictures I posted don’t have the / or \ marks, it would appear that these came into being in 1984. The photos I posted are from older pieces, my watch dates to 1947 so these marks didn’t exist back then, just the owl with the respective assay office number on its chest.
Thanks once again, you have been very helpful, appreciate it
