Antique Verge Swiss Pocket Watch with Raised Numeral Dial
Item-1181
Product Details
Antique Verge Swiss Pocket Watch with Raised Numeral Dial
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.
Details:
MAKE
Manufacturer: Unsigned.
Country: Switzerland.
Type: Man's
Circa Date: 1800s
CASE
Size: Measures 53mm in diameter.
Style: Open Face.
Material: Silver plate.
Decorations: Plain.
Conditions:
C 3
(The case is in Very Good condition)
DIAL
Color: White.
Type: Porcelain.
Numerals: Roman Numerals.
Hands: Spade Hands.
Conditions:
D 3-59
(The dial is in Very Good condition - restorations)
MOVEMENT
Jewels: 0 Jewels.
Setting: Key Wind/Key Set.
Escapement: Verge Escapement.
Material: Gilt.
Layout: Full Plate Layout.
Signed: No.
Conditions:
M 3
(The movement is in Very Good
condition)