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PRISTINE AND UNIQUE SILVER CASE DOUBLE DIAL CALENDAR ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH
Estimated price for orientation: 1 999 $
Category: Antique
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Description Condition: Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Features: Roman Numerals, 12-Hour Dial, Date Indicator, Day Indicator Case Material: SILVER Age: Antique (pre 1920)
Up for sale is a very special and unique late 19th Century Swiss lever with double sided calendar in a silver case. The watch is in mint condition and all the functions work perfectly. Keyless gilt bar movement. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with overcoil hairspring, lever escapement. Mint white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and Roman numerals, blue steel hands. The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the dial on a blue steel and gold disc. More calendar indications are on the other side of the watch under a glass hunter cover. The days of the week and date shown by a single blue steel hand and the month in a rectangular aperture. The number of the days in each month are also given and the outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date. The date is changed automatically by a pawl on the movement. On the top side of the silver case, there is a nice engraved sentence that says: “ The time of day”. It is a very unique watch because of the fact that most of these watches came in a gun metal case and only a few came in a silver case like this one. The watch is very heavy and large: it weighs 117 grams and it is 54 mm wide. All parts of the case and the movement are numbered : 55088. Thanks for your interest in this lovely very well priced pocket watch.
Description
| Condition: | Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Features: | Roman Numerals, 12-Hour Dial, Date Indicator, Day Indicator |
| Case Material: | SILVER | Age: | Antique (pre 1920) |
Up for sale is a very special and unique late 19th Century Swiss lever with double sided calendar in a silver case. The watch is in mint condition and all the functions work perfectly. Keyless gilt bar movement. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with overcoil hairspring, lever escapement. Mint white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and Roman numerals, blue steel hands. The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the dial on a blue steel and gold disc. More calendar indications are on the other side of the watch under a glass hunter cover. The days of the week and date shown by a single blue steel hand and the month in a rectangular aperture. The number of the days in each month are also given and the outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date. The date is changed automatically by a pawl on the movement. On the top side of the silver case, there is a nice engraved sentence that says: “ The time of day”. It is a very unique watch because of the fact that most of these watches came in a gun metal case and only a few came in a silver case like this one. The watch is very heavy and large: it weighs 117 grams and it is 54 mm wide. All parts of the case and the movement are numbered : 55088. Thanks for your interest in this lovely very well priced pocket watch.