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Silver Repousse Silver Pair Case Silver Dial Verge Fusee Pocket Watch CA1730
Estimated price for orientation: 5 550 $
Category: Antique
Class:
Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Year of Manufacture: Pre-1800 Features: Pair Case Brand: William Graham Escapement Type: Verge Material: Sterling Silver
Outstanding Verge Fusee Silver Repousse Gent’s Pair Case Pocket Watch by William Graham (1730) With Key
London/England; Wm. Graham; Man’s; Circa: 1730
Complications: Early verge
CASE: The sterling silver 18-size 56mm oversized open face pair case displays repousse decorations.
DIAL: This silver dial features Roman numerals, poker hands and is signed “Graham.”
MOVT: The keyset gilt movement has a verge/fusee escapement, full-plate layout and is signed.
C 3-15 (The case is in very good condition, slightly worn)
D 3 (The dial is in very good condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 8-1/2 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: The heron & the fox repousse case with an original silver dial. The dial and movement are signed “Graham.” The repousse case is in excellent condition, all with original and rare silver dial. AI-179-34
Repoussé or Repoussage
Repousse is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. It is also known as embossing.
Pair Case
Higher end early verge fusee watches were often in a pair case. Pair case refers to when a pocket watch is placed within another case (nesting), therefore two cases. The outter protective case is often very decorative. There are also watches, such as those made for the Turkish Market, that had up to four cases, each nesting perfectly within each other and keeping the inner watch safe from damage.
Verge Fusee Escapement
Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 15th century to the early 20th century to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. The mainspring is coiled around a stationary axle (arbor), inside a cylindrical box, the barrel. The force of the spring turns the barrel.
Key-wind/Key-set Movements
The very first pocket watches up until the third quarter of the 19th century had key-wind and key-set movements. A watch key was necessary to wind the watch and to set the time. This was usually done by opening the case back and putting the key over the winding-arbor (which was set over the watch's winding-wheel, to wind the mainspring) or by putting the key onto the setting-arbor, which was connected with the minute-wheel and turned the hands. Some watches of this period had the setting-arbor at the front of the watch, so that removing the crystal and bezel was necessary to set the time.
This watch includes a reproduction of the correct size key, it is not the original.
Full Plate Layout
A plate (or disc) that covers the works and supports the wheels pivots. There is a top plate, a bottom plate, half, and 3/4 plate. The top plate has the balance resting on it.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
Phone 1-800-424-5353
Contact: Rick Gilbert
Hours:9 - 5 EST, Monday - Friday
Address: eAshland_net
Sarasota Arts & Antique Center
640 South Washington Blvd, Suite 200
Sarasota, FL 34236
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS:
Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts” - US and International government r
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Closure: | Open Face |
| Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1800 | Features: | Pair Case |
| Brand: | William Graham | Escapement Type: | Verge |
| Material: | Sterling Silver |
London/England; Wm. Graham; Man’s; Circa: 1730
Complications: Early verge
CASE: The sterling silver 18-size 56mm oversized open face pair case displays repousse decorations.
DIAL: This silver dial features Roman numerals, poker hands and is signed “Graham.”
MOVT: The keyset gilt movement has a verge/fusee escapement, full-plate layout and is signed.
C 3-15 (The case is in very good condition, slightly worn)
D 3 (The dial is in very good condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 8-1/2 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: The heron & the fox repousse case with an original silver dial. The dial and movement are signed “Graham.” The repousse case is in excellent condition, all with original and rare silver dial. AI-179-34 Repoussé or Repoussage
Repousse is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. It is also known as embossing. Pair Case
Higher end early verge fusee watches were often in a pair case. Pair case refers to when a pocket watch is placed within another case (nesting), therefore two cases. The outter protective case is often very decorative. There are also watches, such as those made for the Turkish Market, that had up to four cases, each nesting perfectly within each other and keeping the inner watch safe from damage. Verge Fusee Escapement
Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 15th century to the early 20th century to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. The mainspring is coiled around a stationary axle (arbor), inside a cylindrical box, the barrel. The force of the spring turns the barrel. Key-wind/Key-set Movements
The very first pocket watches up until the third quarter of the 19th century had key-wind and key-set movements. A watch key was necessary to wind the watch and to set the time. This was usually done by opening the case back and putting the key over the winding-arbor (which was set over the watch's winding-wheel, to wind the mainspring) or by putting the key onto the setting-arbor, which was connected with the minute-wheel and turned the hands. Some watches of this period had the setting-arbor at the front of the watch, so that removing the crystal and bezel was necessary to set the time. This watch includes a reproduction of the correct size key, it is not the original. Full Plate Layout
A plate (or disc) that covers the works and supports the wheels pivots. There is a top plate, a bottom plate, half, and 3/4 plate. The top plate has the balance resting on it.
CUSTOMER SERVICE: Phone 1-800-424-5353 Contact: Rick Gilbert Hours:9 - 5 EST, Monday - Friday Address: eAshland_net Sarasota Arts & Antique Center 640 South Washington Blvd, Suite 200 Sarasota, FL 34236 INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts” - US and International government r