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Antique Gold Pump Quarter Hour Repeater Verge Fusee Seitz Pocket Watch CA1840s
Estimated price for orientation: 3 550 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Year of Manufacture: 1840-1849 Features: Pump Quarter Hour Repeater, Verge Fusee Brand: Seitz Escapement Type: Verge Material: Solid Gold
18K Gold Quarter Hour Repeater Verge Fusee by Seitz with Key
Swiss; Seitz; Man’s; CA1840’s
CASE: The yellow-gold 16-size oversized 50mm open face swing-out case is plain.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Arabic numerals and spade hands.
MOVT: The keyset gilt verge/fusee full-plate layout is signed.
C 3 (Case is in Very Good Condition)
D 3-53 (The Dial is in Very Good Condition – very slightly chipped)
M 3 (The Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 8-1/2 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: A heavy gold pump ¼-hour bell repeater. Running and ready for your collection! An unusual maker and location – likely a cottage watchmaker! te AI-CAT180-32te Pump Quarter Hour Repeater
The repeater is set in motion by depressing the pump in the stem of the pocket watch, when the safety slide is switched off. The quarter repeater strikes the number of hours, and then the number of quarter hours since the last hour. The mechanism uses 2 chimes of different tones. The low tone usually signals the hours, and the high tone the quarter hours. As an example, if the time is 2:45, the quarter repeater sounds 2 low tones and after a short pause 3 high ones: "dong, dong, ding, ding, ding". Alternatively, some use a pair of tones to distinguish the quarter hours: "dong, dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong". 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. 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.
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 regulations prohibit such behavior. CODE OF ETHICS...Deal with Honesty Ashland is proud of its reputation as a truste
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Closure: | Open Face |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1840-1849 | Features: | Pump Quarter Hour Repeater, Verge Fusee |
| Brand: | Seitz | Escapement Type: | Verge |
| Material: | Solid Gold |
Swiss; Seitz; Man’s; CA1840’s
CASE: The yellow-gold 16-size oversized 50mm open face swing-out case is plain.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Arabic numerals and spade hands.
MOVT: The keyset gilt verge/fusee full-plate layout is signed.
C 3 (Case is in Very Good Condition)
D 3-53 (The Dial is in Very Good Condition – very slightly chipped)
M 3 (The Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 8-1/2 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: A heavy gold pump ¼-hour bell repeater. Running and ready for your collection! An unusual maker and location – likely a cottage watchmaker! te AI-CAT180-32te Pump Quarter Hour Repeater
The repeater is set in motion by depressing the pump in the stem of the pocket watch, when the safety slide is switched off. The quarter repeater strikes the number of hours, and then the number of quarter hours since the last hour. The mechanism uses 2 chimes of different tones. The low tone usually signals the hours, and the high tone the quarter hours. As an example, if the time is 2:45, the quarter repeater sounds 2 low tones and after a short pause 3 high ones: "dong, dong, ding, ding, ding". Alternatively, some use a pair of tones to distinguish the quarter hours: "dong, dong, ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong". 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. 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.
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 regulations prohibit such behavior. CODE OF ETHICS...Deal with Honesty Ashland is proud of its reputation as a truste