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18K Multicolor Gold Repousse Case Quarter Hour Bell Repeater Pocket Watch CA1775
Estimated price for orientation: 6 000 $
Category: Antique
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Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Closure: Open Face Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920 Features: 12-hour Dial, Quarter Hour Bell Repeater, Lever Fusee, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key Brand: Esquivillon & Dechoudens Model: Bell Repeater Material: 18K Multicolor Gold Serial Number: 30,630
18K Multicolor Gold Repousse Case Quarter Hour Bell Repeater Pocket Watch in New & Superb Condition
Esquivillon & Dechoudens; Man’s; Serial #30,630; CA1775
Complications: Quarter hour bell repeater, early verge.
CASE: The 16-size open face oversized 43mm case is multi-color 18K and features repousse decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset No. 30,630 gilt movement has a verge fusee escapement, full plate layout and signed. Includes key.
C 2 (The case is in perfect condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 2-9 (The movement is in perfect condition, slightly scratched)
R 9-1/2 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: I find it hard to understand how a watch of this age can be in new condition, stored without use for 100’s of years. A tremendous investment watch of great potential! AI-176-35 Repoussé or Repoussage
Repousse is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. It is also known as embossing. Quarter Repeater
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" 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
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Closure: | Open Face |
| Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 | Features: | 12-hour Dial, Quarter Hour Bell Repeater, Lever Fusee, Keywind/Keyset, Includes Key |
| Brand: | Esquivillon & Dechoudens | Model: | Bell Repeater |
| Material: | 18K Multicolor Gold | Serial Number: | 30,630 |
Esquivillon & Dechoudens; Man’s; Serial #30,630; CA1775
Complications: Quarter hour bell repeater, early verge.
CASE: The 16-size open face oversized 43mm case is multi-color 18K and features repousse decorations.
DIAL: This white porcelain dial displays Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: The keyset No. 30,630 gilt movement has a verge fusee escapement, full plate layout and signed. Includes key.
C 2 (The case is in perfect condition)
D 2 (The dial is in perfect condition)
M 2-9 (The movement is in perfect condition, slightly scratched)
R 9-1/2 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: I find it hard to understand how a watch of this age can be in new condition, stored without use for 100’s of years. A tremendous investment watch of great potential! AI-176-35 Repoussé or Repoussage
Repousse is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. It is also known as embossing. Quarter Repeater
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" 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