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F. Terroux Oignon Watch with Gold & Porcelain Dial, Single Hand Antique from1710
Estimated price for orientation: 9 100 $
Category: Antique
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Description Age: Antique (pre 1920) Features: Roman Numerals Brand: F. Terroux Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Case Material: Green Gold Filled Country Made: Switzerland Closure: Open Face
F. Terroux Gold & Porcelain Dialed Single Handed "Oignon" Pocket Watch With Covered Case
F. Terroux; Swiss; Man's; Circa 1710
CASE: The green gold-filled 58 mm case features an open face.
DIAL: This white/gold, porcelain/metal dial displays Roman numerals and fancy hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and signed. Experts Opinion: Some early watchcases were covered for decoration, like this one. The covering on this case shows no wear. The raised white porcelain areas on the dial are marked with cobalt blue numbers and markers. If early watches are your "niche", don't miss this piece. eACAT1-26Oignon
Oignon is a term used referring to the Onion, roundish shape and bulbous size of the watch.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. The movement on this watch is massive, I tried to take many photos of it so you can get an idea of the detailed work involved with such a masterpiece.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.
CONDITION
C 3-34 (Case is in Very Good Condition - restorations)
D 3 (Dial is in Very Good Condition)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)
Description
| Age: | Antique (pre 1920) | Features: | Roman Numerals |
| Brand: | F. Terroux | Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding |
| Case Material: | Green Gold Filled | Country Made: | Switzerland |
| Closure: | Open Face |
F. Terroux Gold & Porcelain Dialed Single Handed "Oignon" Pocket Watch With Covered Case
F. Terroux; Swiss; Man's; Circa 1710
CASE: The green gold-filled 58 mm case features an open face.
DIAL: This white/gold, porcelain/metal dial displays Roman numerals and fancy hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and signed. Experts Opinion: Some early watchcases were covered for decoration, like this one. The covering on this case shows no wear. The raised white porcelain areas on the dial are marked with cobalt blue numbers and markers. If early watches are your "niche", don't miss this piece. eACAT1-26Oignon
Oignon is a term used referring to the Onion, roundish shape and bulbous size of the watch.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. The movement on this watch is massive, I tried to take many photos of it so you can get an idea of the detailed work involved with such a masterpiece.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.
CONDITION
C 3-34 (Case is in Very Good Condition - restorations)
D 3 (Dial is in Very Good Condition)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)
F. Terroux; Swiss; Man's; Circa 1710
CASE: The green gold-filled 58 mm case features an open face.
DIAL: This white/gold, porcelain/metal dial displays Roman numerals and fancy hands.
MOVT: This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and signed. Experts Opinion: Some early watchcases were covered for decoration, like this one. The covering on this case shows no wear. The raised white porcelain areas on the dial are marked with cobalt blue numbers and markers. If early watches are your "niche", don't miss this piece. eACAT1-26Oignon
Oignon is a term used referring to the Onion, roundish shape and bulbous size of the watch.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. The movement on this watch is massive, I tried to take many photos of it so you can get an idea of the detailed work involved with such a masterpiece.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.
CONDITION
C 3-34 (Case is in Very Good Condition - restorations)
D 3 (Dial is in Very Good Condition)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)