Antique Watch Repousse Pair Case with Painted Dial Verge Fusee with Key C.1780

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Antique Watch Repousse Pair Case with Painted Dial Verge Fusee with Key C.1780:
$2550.00

Richard M. Gilbert
(Owner of eAshland_net)

Painted Dial Verge Fusee Repousse Pair Case Gent’s Pocket Watch with Key
London, England; George Biefield; Man’s; Serial #8,809; Circa 1780
Complications: Early verge.
CASE: The sterling silver, 16-size/50 mm pair case features an open face, repousse decorations and is signed “L.K.”.
DIAL: This white fancy porcelain dial displays a farmer plowing, Roman numerals and filigree hands.
MOVT: This key-set No. 8,809 movement with verge/fusee escapement is gilt with a full plate layout and is signed.
CONDITION
C 3-15 (Case is in Very Good Condition - slightly worn)
D 3 (Dial is in Very Good Condition)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 8.5 (#1 is considered common to #10, which is an extremely rare item)
Experts Opinion: Wonderful dial, excellent case, lasted through the years beautifully. This is a fine example of a disappearing timepiece. CAT160-25

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.

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.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Richard M. Gilbert
640 South Washington Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34236-7137
Phone: 1-941-955-9405

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