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Antique 18-Size Non-Magnetic Geneva Minute Repeater 18K Rose Gold Pocket Watch
Estimated price for orientation: 6 550 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Features: 12-Hour Dial, Minute Repeater, 32 Jewel Movement Year of Manufacture: 1890-1899 Escapement Type: Lever Material: Rose Gold Serial Number: 6,831 Closure: Open Face Model: Minute Repeater
Incredible 18-Size Non-Magnetic Geneva Minute Repeater 18K Rose-Gold Pocket Watch
Swiss; Geneva; Man’s; Serial # 6,831; CA1890
CASE: The 18K rose-gold 18-size oversized 52mm open face case is plain and signed “Non-magnetic.”
DIAL: This white porcelain double sunk dial features Arabic numerals, filigree hands and signed “Non-Magnetic.”
MOVT: The 32-jewel stem-set No. 6,831 nickel movement has a lever escapement, damaskeened, bridge-style layout and signed.
C 2 (The case is in perfect condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 2 (The movement is in perfect condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Exceptional damaskeening, top quality movement. Perfect double sunk dial, heavy and mint rose-gold 18K case. This is the minute repeater for that special collector. As nice as you can get! Signed case, dial and movement. PP/RG AI-178-36 Repeater—a watch that chimes the hours audibly at the press of a button. This rare complication was originally used before artificial lighting to check what time it was in the dark. These complex mechanisms are now only found as novelties in extremely expensive luxury watches. A minute repeater strikes or sounds the number of hours and minutes on demand. The mechanism uses 2 chimes or different tones.
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 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
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Features: | 12-Hour Dial, Minute Repeater, 32 Jewel Movement |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1890-1899 | Escapement Type: | Lever |
| Material: | Rose Gold | Serial Number: | 6,831 |
| Closure: | Open Face | Model: | Minute Repeater |
Swiss; Geneva; Man’s; Serial # 6,831; CA1890
CASE: The 18K rose-gold 18-size oversized 52mm open face case is plain and signed “Non-magnetic.”
DIAL: This white porcelain double sunk dial features Arabic numerals, filigree hands and signed “Non-Magnetic.”
MOVT: The 32-jewel stem-set No. 6,831 nickel movement has a lever escapement, damaskeened, bridge-style layout and signed.
C 2 (The case is in perfect condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 2 (The movement is in perfect condition)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Exceptional damaskeening, top quality movement. Perfect double sunk dial, heavy and mint rose-gold 18K case. This is the minute repeater for that special collector. As nice as you can get! Signed case, dial and movement. PP/RG AI-178-36 Repeater—a watch that chimes the hours audibly at the press of a button. This rare complication was originally used before artificial lighting to check what time it was in the dark. These complex mechanisms are now only found as novelties in extremely expensive luxury watches. A minute repeater strikes or sounds the number of hours and minutes on demand. The mechanism uses 2 chimes or different tones.
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 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