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18K Multi-Colored Gold Repousse Swing-Out Case Pocket Watch & Key, Verge Fusee
Estimated price for orientation: 2 850 $
Category: Antique
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Description Closure: Open Face Age: Antique (pre 1920) Features: 12-hour Dial, Arabic Numerals, Verge Fusee, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key Case Material: Yellow Gold Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920 Country Made: Switzerland Material: Gold
18K Verge Fusee Multi-Colored Repousse Swing-Out Gent’s Pocket Watch
Swiss; Type: Man’s; Circa Date: 1800
CASE: 16 Size, open face, swing-out, 18K multi-color gold floral/machined/geometric/repousse.
DIAL: White, porcelain, Arabic numerals, filigree hands.
MOVT: Keyset, verge/fusee escapement, gilt, full plate, unsigned.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3-44 (The dial is in very good condition, two hairlines)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 7 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: A wonderful case maker was used to create this lovely case. Seldom offered! AI-CAT167-34 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: 1-941-955-9405 Contact: Rick Gilbert Hours: 9 - 5 EST, Monday - Friday Address: Ashland Investments 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 trusted dealer in antique timepieces. Our customers trust and respect is paramount to the success of our business and to that end we constantly strive to exceed your expectations by adhering to the guidelines listed below: Ashland Is committed to its customers satisfaction. Clearly
Description
| Closure: | Open Face | Age: | Antique (pre 1920) |
| Features: | 12-hour Dial, Arabic Numerals, Verge Fusee, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key | Case Material: | Yellow Gold |
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 |
| Country Made: | Switzerland | Material: | Gold |
Swiss; Type: Man’s; Circa Date: 1800
CASE: 16 Size, open face, swing-out, 18K multi-color gold floral/machined/geometric/repousse.
DIAL: White, porcelain, Arabic numerals, filigree hands.
MOVT: Keyset, verge/fusee escapement, gilt, full plate, unsigned.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3-44 (The dial is in very good condition, two hairlines)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)
R 7 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: A wonderful case maker was used to create this lovely case. Seldom offered! AI-CAT167-34 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: 1-941-955-9405 Contact: Rick Gilbert Hours: 9 - 5 EST, Monday - Friday Address: Ashland Investments 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 trusted dealer in antique timepieces. Our customers trust and respect is paramount to the success of our business and to that end we constantly strive to exceed your expectations by adhering to the guidelines listed below: Ashland Is committed to its customers satisfaction. Clearly