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Frantz Anton Roth Augsburg Intriguing Verge Watch with Enameled Gold Case C.1780
Estimated price for orientation: 3 800 $
Category: Antique
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Description Brand: Frantz Anton Augsburg Age: Antique (pre 1920) Closure: Open Face Case Material: Yellow Gold Features: Verge Fusee, Keywind, Arabic Numerals Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920 Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Material: Yellow Gold
Frantz Anton Roth Augsburg Intriguing Verge with Multi-Color & Enamel Case
Diameter of 38 mm, 18K Gold, Open Face, Key-Wind/Key-Set, Circa: 1780
Beautifully designed, this impressive verge movement is signed “Frantz Anton Roth Augsburg”. It comes with a finely pierced two-footed balance cock set with a garnet end-stone. The movement also carries a silver disc regulator, which is very ornate with a filigree outer border. Fancy baluster pillars support the verge mechanism, which carries gold filigree hands and a very fine porcelain dial with Arabic chapters. Small green leaf and sunray patterns decorate the near mint case, which has engraved scallop designs also the outer edges. On the back cover of this interesting case is a portrait of a young lady she is bordered by a green oval enameled frame.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3-54 (The dial is in very good condition - chipped, winding aperture)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition.)
R 7 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare.) AI-CAT168-35 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: 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
Description
| Brand: | Frantz Anton Augsburg | Age: | Antique (pre 1920) |
| Closure: | Open Face | Case Material: | Yellow Gold |
| Features: | Verge Fusee, Keywind, Arabic Numerals | Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 |
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Material: | Yellow Gold |
Diameter of 38 mm, 18K Gold, Open Face, Key-Wind/Key-Set, Circa: 1780
Beautifully designed, this impressive verge movement is signed “Frantz Anton Roth Augsburg”. It comes with a finely pierced two-footed balance cock set with a garnet end-stone. The movement also carries a silver disc regulator, which is very ornate with a filigree outer border. Fancy baluster pillars support the verge mechanism, which carries gold filigree hands and a very fine porcelain dial with Arabic chapters. Small green leaf and sunray patterns decorate the near mint case, which has engraved scallop designs also the outer edges. On the back cover of this interesting case is a portrait of a young lady she is bordered by a green oval enameled frame.
C 3 (The case is in very good condition)
D 3-54 (The dial is in very good condition - chipped, winding aperture)
M 3 (The movement is in very good condition.)
R 7 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare.) AI-CAT168-35 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: 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