18K Gold Quarter Hour Repeater Pocket Watch with Unusual Cutout Movement CA1810

  
Unusual Cutout Movement, 18K Quarter Hour Repeater Pocket Watch with Key France; Cardinaux; Mans; SN#1,200; CA1810 CASE: The yellow 18k gold, No. 742, 18-size case features an open face, machined decorations, and signed C. DIAL: This gold metal dial displays Roman numerals and Breguet hands.

MOVT: The 18-jewel key-set, No. 1,200 movement with cylinder escapement is gilt with a bridge-style layout. C 2 (The Case is in Perfect Condition) D 2 (Dial is in Perfect Condition) M 3 (The Movement is in Very Good Condition) R 9 (Rarity based on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare) An exceptional quality timepiece. Pull crown out and turn to activate repeater.

Great sound and Breguet appearance! Cylinder escapement The horizontal or cylinder escapement replaced the verge escapement was much thinner than the verge, allowing watches to be made thinner.

Clockmakers found it suffered from excessive wear, so it was not much used during the 18th century, except in a few high-end watches with the cylinders made from ruby. The French solved this problem by making the cylinder and escape wheel of hardened steel and the escapement was used in large numbers in inexpensive French and Swiss pocketwatches and small clocks from the mid-19th to the 20th century. Instead of pallets, the escapement uses a cutaway cylinder on the balance wheel shaft, which the escape teeth enter one by one. Each wedge-shaped tooth impulses the balance wheel by pressure on the cylinder edge as it enters, is held inside the cylinder as it turns, and impulses the wheel again as it leaves out the other side. 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. Bridge Style Layout The metal bar which bears the pivot of wheel and is supported at both ends. The bridge style watch has two or three fingers to hold the wheels in place and together are called a bridge.

The term bridge (horologically) is one that is anchored at both ends. We consider any reasonable Best Offers - Please submit your best offers! ABOUT US: Ashland presents the worlds best vintage and pre-owned watches and jewelry online.

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These charges are the buyers responsibility. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as gifts - US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. The item "18K Gold Quarter Hour Repeater Pocket Watch with Unusual Cutout Movement CA1810" is in sale since Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

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

• Number of Jewels: 18 Jewels
• Country/Region of Manufacture: France
• Escapement Type: Cylinder
• Pocket Watch Size: 18
• Material: Solid Gold
• Movement: Mechanical (Key-winding)
• Main Color: Gold
• Year of Manufacture: 1810-1819
• Features: Quarter Hour Repeater
• Closure: Open Face
• Serial Number: 1,200