Value: Has 5% of the value of solid gold. To be called gold-filled by U.S. law, the plating needs to be very very thick (at least 5% of jewelry total weight). Great to wear (the gold will never wear off!) but bad as an investment (has low re-sale value).

Gold filled jewelry, dust and other gold-filled scrap is valuable. Don't accept less for your collection. Precious Metal Reclaiming Service is the go-to destination of jewelers across the United States who want to sell gold filled scrap.

Gold is an investment that will pay off in the future and people can pass on high-value and rare gold watches through generations. High-value designs: Many watchmakers like to use gold. A popular manufacturer means that a gold watch will draw additional value from the nature of the design.

A gold filled watch has a thin layer of karat gold "fused" to the outer layer of the brass watch case. Gold filled processes are usually reserved for "die stamped" watch cases with simple design shapes.