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18K Gold Quarter Hour Repeater Toc Hammer Strike Pocket Watch Antique CA1820s
Estimated price for orientation: 7 750 $
Category: Antique
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Description Brand: Erix Lieutaud Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland Closure: Open Face Pocket Watch Size: 47mm Features: 1/4-Hour Repeater, Keywind/Keyset Escapement Type: Verge Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Year of Manufacture: 1820-1829 Serial Number: 352 Material: Solid Gold
Erix Lieutaud 18K Gold Cased 1/4 Hour "Toc" Repeater Pocket Watch
Erix Lieutaud; Swiss; Man's; Serial #352; Circa 1820s
Complications: Quarter-hour repeater.
CASE: The 18K yellow gold 47 mm case features an open face and machined decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Roman numerals and Louis XVI hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and signed. Experts Opinion: Be sure to take notice of the case design and condition. Remember in a "Toc" repeater, the hammers strike the inside of the case, not gongs or bells, to produce the repeater sound. eACAT1-24
CONDITION
C 2
D 3-43
M 3 Quarter Repeater
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.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Richard M. Gilbert
640 South Washington Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236-7137
Phone: 1-941-955-9405 INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: 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.
Description
| Brand: | Erix Lieutaud | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Switzerland |
| Closure: | Open Face | Pocket Watch Size: | 47mm |
| Features: | 1/4-Hour Repeater, Keywind/Keyset | Escapement Type: | Verge |
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Year of Manufacture: | 1820-1829 |
| Serial Number: | 352 | Material: | Solid Gold |
Erix Lieutaud; Swiss; Man's; Serial #352; Circa 1820s
Complications: Quarter-hour repeater.
CASE: The 18K yellow gold 47 mm case features an open face and machined decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Roman numerals and Louis XVI hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and signed. Experts Opinion: Be sure to take notice of the case design and condition. Remember in a "Toc" repeater, the hammers strike the inside of the case, not gongs or bells, to produce the repeater sound. eACAT1-24
CONDITION
C 2
D 3-43
M 3 Quarter Repeater
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.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Richard M. Gilbert
640 South Washington Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236-7137
Phone: 1-941-955-9405 INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: 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.