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18K Rose Gold Quarter Hour Pump Repeater Pocket Watch by F. Winkhaus of Germany
Estimated price for orientation: 3 100 $
Category: Antique
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Description Age: Antique (pre 1920) Features: Arabic Numerals, Includes Key, Quarter Hour Pump Repeater Case Material: Rose Gold Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Country Made: Germany
18K 18-Size Quarter Hour Pump Repeater by F. Winkhaus of Germany Pocket Watch
Germany; Fredrick Winkhaus; Man’s; Circa: 1805
CASE: The 18K rose gold 18-size 53mm case features an open face and barleycorn/geometric decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Arabic numerals and Breguet hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge/fusee escapement is gilt, with a full plate layout.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition.)
D 3-54-59 (The dial is in very good condition-chipped, winding aperture-restorations.)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition.)
R 8 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare.)
Experts Opinion: A large 18K rose gold quarter hour pump repeater, verge fusee man’s watch of very fine quality. Comes with keys. AI-171-26
Pump Quarter Hour Repeater
The repeater is set in motion by depressing the pump in the stem of the pocket watch, when the safety slide is switched off. 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".
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.
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.
Full Plate Layout
A plate (or disc) that covers the works and supports the wheels pivots. There is a top plate, a bottom plate, half, and 3/4 plate. The top plate has the balance resting on it.
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 collec
Description
| Age: | Antique (pre 1920) | Features: | Arabic Numerals, Includes Key, Quarter Hour Pump Repeater |
| Case Material: | Rose Gold | Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding |
| Closure: | Open Face | Country Made: | Germany |
Germany; Fredrick Winkhaus; Man’s; Circa: 1805
CASE: The 18K rose gold 18-size 53mm case features an open face and barleycorn/geometric decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Arabic numerals and Breguet hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge/fusee escapement is gilt, with a full plate layout.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition.)
D 3-54-59 (The dial is in very good condition-chipped, winding aperture-restorations.)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition.)
R 8 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare.)
Experts Opinion: A large 18K rose gold quarter hour pump repeater, verge fusee man’s watch of very fine quality. Comes with keys. AI-171-26
Pump Quarter Hour Repeater
The repeater is set in motion by depressing the pump in the stem of the pocket watch, when the safety slide is switched off. 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".
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.
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.
Full Plate Layout
A plate (or disc) that covers the works and supports the wheels pivots. There is a top plate, a bottom plate, half, and 3/4 plate. The top plate has the balance resting on it.
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 collec