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Rare 18K Keywind/Keyset Captain’s 2Time Zone Fancy Gold Carved Dial Pocket Watch
Estimated price for orientation: 3 550 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Features: 12-Hour Dial, 2-Time Zone Dial Year of Manufacture: 1870-1879 Escapement Type: Lever Material: 18K Yellow Gold, Solid Gold Serial Number: 7,756 Closure: Open Face Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Scarce 18K Keywind/Keyset Captain’s (Two Time Zone) Gold Carved Fancy Dial Man’s Open Face Pocket Watch & Key
London/England; Arnold Adams & Co.; Man’s; Serial # 7,756; Circa: 1870
Complications: Two-time zone Captain’s
CASE: The 18K yellow-gold 16-size 50mm No. 7,756 open face case displays floral, geometric and village decorations.
DIAL: This fancy gold color dial features Roman numerals, spade hands and fancy engraved lake scene.
MOVT: The 21-jewel key-set No. 7,756 gilt two-train movement has a lever escapement and a bridge-style layout.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3 (The dial is in very good condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: These are one of the most impressive watches when studied in close up. Beautiful dial! All in 18K solid gold! AI-179-24 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. Train
A series of gears that form the works of a watch. The train is used for other functions such as chiming. The time train carries the power to the escapement. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. Bridge Style Layout
The metal bar which bears the pivot of wheel and is supported at both ends. The bridge style watch has two or three fingers to hold the wheels in place and together are called a bridge. The term bridge (horologically) is one that is anchored at both ends.
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 charg
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Features: | 12-Hour Dial, 2-Time Zone Dial |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1870-1879 | Escapement Type: | Lever |
| Material: | 18K Yellow Gold, Solid Gold | Serial Number: | 7,756 |
| Closure: | Open Face | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United Kingdom |
London/England; Arnold Adams & Co.; Man’s; Serial # 7,756; Circa: 1870
Complications: Two-time zone Captain’s
CASE: The 18K yellow-gold 16-size 50mm No. 7,756 open face case displays floral, geometric and village decorations.
DIAL: This fancy gold color dial features Roman numerals, spade hands and fancy engraved lake scene.
MOVT: The 21-jewel key-set No. 7,756 gilt two-train movement has a lever escapement and a bridge-style layout.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3 (The dial is in very good condition)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: These are one of the most impressive watches when studied in close up. Beautiful dial! All in 18K solid gold! AI-179-24 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. Train
A series of gears that form the works of a watch. The train is used for other functions such as chiming. The time train carries the power to the escapement. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. Bridge Style Layout
The metal bar which bears the pivot of wheel and is supported at both ends. The bridge style watch has two or three fingers to hold the wheels in place and together are called a bridge. The term bridge (horologically) is one that is anchored at both ends.
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 charg