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Special Verge Fusee Silver Multi-Gold Inlay Watch with Matching Gilt Chatelain
Estimated price for orientation: 5 050 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Year of Manufacture: Pre-1800 Features: 12-Hour Dial, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key, Verge Fusee, Includes Chatelain
Very Special Verge Fusee Silver Multi-Gold Inlay with Matching Gilt Chatelain & Key
Swiss; Man’s; CA1780
CASE: The 14-size 45mm oversized open face swing-out style case is hallmark silver with multicolor gold floral and inlay decorations and is signed “A. C. C.”
DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset gilt movement has a verge/fusee escapement and a full-plate layout.
C 3-15 (The case is in very good condition, slightly worn)
D 3-54-53 (The dial is in very good condition, chipped, winding aperture)
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: Urns, birds and baskets in multi-gold inlay decorate the back of this verge fusee. Chatelain has decorative urns and a petrified wood with silver inlay at the top. A unique combination and collectors item! AI-178-28 Chatelaine
An ornamental clasp worn at a woman's waist, attached to a belt or girdle, with a hook-plate from which are suspended several (usually five, but up to nine) short chains terminating with rings or swivel catches to which are attached various small objects for daily household use. Early examples had attached a seal and a watch; later, more articles were added, e.g. keys, watch keys, etui, pomander, scissors, thimble case, bodkin case, household notebook in a metal case, small purse, penknife, pin-cushion, and tape measure, as well as sometimes a gridle book, cameo, charm, and pendants. Some chatelaines made for men were longer and were worn suspended at each thigh to conceal the openings on breeches; early examples held a watch, seals, and charms, but after c. 1800 they were simpler and no longer held a watch. Some chatelaines had two suspensory chains, joined at the belt by a short chain. Chatelaines were made of gold, silver, pinchbeck, cut steel, and later polished steel, and were ornamented with enamelling, beads, beaded tassels, and sometimes medaillons of wedgwood's jasper; they very rarely had a gemstone. They came into use in England in the 17th century and were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but c. 1830 declined in use as fashionable jewelry and were worn only for utilitarian purposes.
From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson 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.
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 wha
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Closure: | Open Face |
| Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1800 | Features: | 12-Hour Dial, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key, Verge Fusee, Includes Chatelain |
Swiss; Man’s; CA1780
CASE: The 14-size 45mm oversized open face swing-out style case is hallmark silver with multicolor gold floral and inlay decorations and is signed “A. C. C.”
DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset gilt movement has a verge/fusee escapement and a full-plate layout.
C 3-15 (The case is in very good condition, slightly worn)
D 3-54-53 (The dial is in very good condition, chipped, winding aperture)
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: Urns, birds and baskets in multi-gold inlay decorate the back of this verge fusee. Chatelain has decorative urns and a petrified wood with silver inlay at the top. A unique combination and collectors item! AI-178-28 Chatelaine
An ornamental clasp worn at a woman's waist, attached to a belt or girdle, with a hook-plate from which are suspended several (usually five, but up to nine) short chains terminating with rings or swivel catches to which are attached various small objects for daily household use. Early examples had attached a seal and a watch; later, more articles were added, e.g. keys, watch keys, etui, pomander, scissors, thimble case, bodkin case, household notebook in a metal case, small purse, penknife, pin-cushion, and tape measure, as well as sometimes a gridle book, cameo, charm, and pendants. Some chatelaines made for men were longer and were worn suspended at each thigh to conceal the openings on breeches; early examples held a watch, seals, and charms, but after c. 1800 they were simpler and no longer held a watch. Some chatelaines had two suspensory chains, joined at the belt by a short chain. Chatelaines were made of gold, silver, pinchbeck, cut steel, and later polished steel, and were ornamented with enamelling, beads, beaded tassels, and sometimes medaillons of wedgwood's jasper; they very rarely had a gemstone. They came into use in England in the 17th century and were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but c. 1830 declined in use as fashionable jewelry and were worn only for utilitarian purposes.
From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson 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.
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 wha