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18K Gold Case Keywind Pocket Watch with Engraved Horse Gold Dial CA1840s
Estimated price for orientation: 2 200 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Year of Manufacture: 1840-1849 Features: 12-Hour Dial, Includes Key Brand: Arnold Adams Escapement Type: Lever Material: Solid Gold Serial Number: 3,794
18K Gold 18-Size Open Face Key wind/Keyset Man’s Pocket Watch With Gold Engraved Case & Dial with Key
England/Swiss; Arnold Adams/Swiss; Man’s; SN#3,794; CA1840’s
CASE: The 18K yellow-gold 18-size 52mm No. 3,794 open face case displays floral and geometric decorations and is signed “Arnold Adams.”
DIAL: This gold dial features Roman numerals horse engraving and Fleur-de-lis hands.
MOVT: The 16-size keyset No. 3,794 gilt movement has a lever escapement, bridge-style layout and is signed “A. Adams.”
C 3 (The Case is in Very Good Condition)
D 2 (Dial is in Perfect Condition)
M 2 (The Movement is in Perfect Condition)
R 9 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: 18-Size 52mm 18K gold unworn and fully engraved back lid with reeded rim. Solid gold dial with raised running horse at top. Signed “Arnold Adams” on case and movement, CA1840’s, case cuvette is metal, key wind/keyset with key. The 175-year old case looks new! AI-CAT180-8te 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. 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. 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.
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 collect
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Closure: | Open Face |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1840-1849 | Features: | 12-Hour Dial, Includes Key |
| Brand: | Arnold Adams | Escapement Type: | Lever |
| Material: | Solid Gold | Serial Number: | 3,794 |
England/Swiss; Arnold Adams/Swiss; Man’s; SN#3,794; CA1840’s
CASE: The 18K yellow-gold 18-size 52mm No. 3,794 open face case displays floral and geometric decorations and is signed “Arnold Adams.”
DIAL: This gold dial features Roman numerals horse engraving and Fleur-de-lis hands.
MOVT: The 16-size keyset No. 3,794 gilt movement has a lever escapement, bridge-style layout and is signed “A. Adams.”
C 3 (The Case is in Very Good Condition)
D 2 (Dial is in Perfect Condition)
M 2 (The Movement is in Perfect Condition)
R 9 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: 18-Size 52mm 18K gold unworn and fully engraved back lid with reeded rim. Solid gold dial with raised running horse at top. Signed “Arnold Adams” on case and movement, CA1840’s, case cuvette is metal, key wind/keyset with key. The 175-year old case looks new! AI-CAT180-8te 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. 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. 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.
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 collect