Antique 18K Gold Verge Fusee Farm Scene Enamel Swing-Out Pocket Watch with Key

  
18K Verge Fusee Gents Farm Scene Enamel Swing-Out Pocket Watch with Key Geneva/Swiss; Terrote; Mans; Serial # 6,385; Circa: 1835 Complications: Early verge CASE: The 18K gold 47mm 16-size open face swing-out style case displays floral, geometric and enamel decorations and signed P. DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Roman numerals, spade hands and is signed Terrote Geneva. MOVT: The key-set No 6,385 gilt movement has a verge/fusee escapement, full plate layout and is signed Rougemont. C 3 (The case is in very good condition) D 3-53 (The dial is in very good condition, hairline) M 3 (The movement is in very good condition) R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare). This watch is a verge fusee pocket watch. Verge fusees were popular from the 1600s through the mid 1800s. Even when new, these watches were not exact time keepers; and now that the watch is at least over 200 years old, we do not guarantee that this watch will keep time. We do guarantee that the watch does run when wound and will run for a period of hours. A very rare scene of 3 milkmaids, one with a baby, all milking two cows.

A rare watch of exceptional condition and quality! 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.

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This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Watches\Pocket Watches". The seller is "eashland_net" and is located in Sarasota, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
• Department: Men
• Escapement Type: Verge
• Pocket Watch Size: 16
• Movement: Mechanical (Key-winding)
• Type: Pocket Watch
• Vintage: Yes
• Year Manufactured: 1830-1839
• Closure: Open Face
• Brand: Unbranded
• Material: Solid Gold
• Features: Includes Key
• Serial Number: 6,385