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Antique Gilt Verge Fusee Enamel Case Fancy Painted Dial Pocket Watch with Keys
Estimated price for orientation: 4 575 $
Category: Antique
Class:
Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Features: Keywind/Keyset, Incudes Key Age: Antique (pre 1920) Country Made: Switzerland Closure: Open Face
Gilt Verge Fusee Enamel Cased Fancy Painted Dial Gent’s Pocket Watch With Keys
Duchene Swiss (Geneva); Type: Man’s; CA1795
Complications: Time only, early verge.
CASE: The 16-size 46mm gilt swing-out rose-gold case has enamel decorations with a maiden & a gentleman in a garden.
DIAL: This fancy white porcelain dial features a Seaside Village scene, Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset verge/fusee gilt movement has a full plate layout and is signed.
CONDITIONS:
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 3-7 (The movement is in very good condition, slightly oxydized)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Verge enamels have been going to China for the last 3 years. Lets keep a few in the U.S.A. A gem of a watch! AI-173-26 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 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: eAshland_net Is committed to its customers satisfaction. Clearly, honestly and accurately r
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Features: | Keywind/Keyset, Incudes Key |
| Age: | Antique (pre 1920) | Country Made: | Switzerland |
| Closure: | Open Face |
Duchene Swiss (Geneva); Type: Man’s; CA1795
Complications: Time only, early verge.
CASE: The 16-size 46mm gilt swing-out rose-gold case has enamel decorations with a maiden & a gentleman in a garden.
DIAL: This fancy white porcelain dial features a Seaside Village scene, Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset verge/fusee gilt movement has a full plate layout and is signed.
CONDITIONS:
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 3-7 (The movement is in very good condition, slightly oxydized)
R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Verge enamels have been going to China for the last 3 years. Lets keep a few in the U.S.A. A gem of a watch! AI-173-26 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 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: eAshland_net Is committed to its customers satisfaction. Clearly, honestly and accurately r