Hello Cheryl,
Thank you for sending in this bangle bracelet wristwatch to mearto.com for an appraisal. I shall try to help you with that tonight.
TITLE:
Ladies, retro-styled, rolled-gold (10 micron thickness), manually wound, bangle bracelet wristwatch ornamented with garnet and marcasite semi-precious gemstones, made by the Wedo Watch Company, (Werner Gürtner, owner), Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1940s-1960s
DESCRIPTION:
CASE – Size not provided but estimated to be approximately 20-25 mm in width, a two leaf, octagonal shaped watch, rolled gold bezel, a hinged marcasite and garnet gemstone ornamented dial lid, fluted winding crown and stainless steel back cover. The back cover is embossed “lunette, 10 microns, GB (possibly an owner), stainless steel back, 9774”. The octagonal steel back cover, at the upper and lower poles, is screwed down to the gilt hinged block lugs which then connect with a fixed gold plated bangle bracelet with safety chain. The bangle bracelet is ornamented along it length with garnet and marcasites together over the lugs and marcasite alone along the length of the bracelet. The hinged lid over the dial is rectilinear with rounded corners having garnets around the periphery and marcasite gemstones in the square center of the lid. The use of the term ‘Lunette’ refers to the kind of watch crystal overlying the dial which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center. In this case it is flattened to avoid contact with the jeweled hinged lid when it is in the closed position. . .
DIAL – This is a rectilinear silvered dial with applied gilt Arabic hours at the quarters and dart shaped gilt hour indices at the balance of the hours. The tiny hands are referred to as ‘mitre’ hands (these are only found on ladies watches and date back to the Art Deco years of the 1920-1940’s.) The photo of the dial is blurry and partial, but appears to be marked, ‘Wedo’ above, (?) 17 jewels, below and most likely Swiss at the base of the dial.
MOVEMENT - Not shown but assumed to be a small Swiss made, manually wound lever movement, fully jeweled, Swiss made index regulator and likely signed on the movement plates.
CONDITION:
Case – Appears to be in very well kept condition. The semi-precious stones are all in place, and the condition of the gilt surfaces seems to be not badly worn at all.
Dial – Appears to be in good to very good condition.
Movement - Not seen but assumed original to this case and genuine and perhaps also functional.
COMMENTARY:
This was a difficult appraisal, partly because we are dealing with a relatively small and barely known Swiss watch company. We usually find marcasite on jewelry that dates back to the turn of the 20th century. However, the presence of a fixed bangle bracelet helps to place the time of manufacture close to the middle of the 20th century which was when such bracelets enjoyed their highest popularity. Overall condition is quite good and aesthetically quite pleasing, even given today’s styles. Since it would be close to impossible to find a Wedo watch I have looked at bangle watches with gemstones for pricing (see comparables below)

HISTORY of the Company:
Not much is known about this company except it was owned by Werner Gürtner and was located in Geneva. It first was listed and advertised in 1966 but likely existed prior to that year. It advertised again in 1973 that they made lever mechanical watches. They may have survived the quartz movement crisis in Switzerland during the 1970s and 80s because the Wedo Watch Company advertised its presence one last time in 1986.
The Gemstones:
The semi- precious stones may be relatives of marcasite and garnet since there are a plethora of variants of these stones available to jewelers. They, however, are two of the most common types found on such jeweled watches, and if it is another type of stone, it would not change the value, unless you tell me these are precious stones, e.g. diamonds and amethysts
Marcasite - In marcasite jewelry, pyrite used as a gemstone is called “marcasite” – that is, marcasite jewelry is made from pyrite, not from the mineral marcasite. It is made from iron sulfide containing stones.
Garnet - A brittle and more or less transparent usually red silicate mineral that has a vitreous luster, occurs mainly in crystals but also in massive form and in grains, is found commonly in gneiss and mica schist, and is used as a semiprecious stone. It occurs in all variant s of red shades.
COMPARABLES:
~https://www.barnebys.com/realized-prices/lot/a-lady-s-mid-20th-century-diamond-watch-bangle--176p8k3q (Mid-10th century bangle watch. Sold for $544 in 18k gold bangle bracelet and watch with diamond studded lid cover. Dial is signed ‘Armida’, also not well known)
~https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/56973649_swiss-pery-14k-gold-lady-s-bangle-wristwatch (14k gold with line of diamonds sold in 2017 for $500)
~https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/39960236_baume-and-mercier-18k-gold-plate-watch (18k gold plate bangle watch made by Baume & Mercier, a famous brand sold for $250 in 2015)
~https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9599116_1225a-ladies-18kt-bangle-wristwatch-heno-17-jewels (18k gold Heno (?) bangle watch was passed and did not reach the minimum of $400.)
~https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/66936439_three-ladies-wristwatches-white-metal-stone-set (three watches one a bangle watch with a multitude of blue, green & white paste stones, the three watch group sold for 180 GBPounds =$225, in 2018)
PRICING:
I believe that your bangle wristwatch with the semiprecious stones in a pleasing retro style would sell for a fair market price in the range of $150-$200, if placed at auction today. Retail prices, of course, would be higher.
I hope this discussion does provide some useful information for you about your dressy gilt bangle watch.
Thank you for using mearto.com for this appraisal.
My best,
David