Rare Signed 18 Size Silver Repousse 1685 Pair Case Verge Pocket Watch - $4,850 - (Sarasota, FL)
Rare 18-Size Signed Repousse 1685 Pair Case Verge Gent’s Pocket Watch with KeyNetherlands; Jacobus Nauta; Man’s; CA1685Complications: Time only, early verge.CASE: This sterling silver 20-size/55mm open face pair case features repousse decorations and is signed “Maurts Fecit”.DIAL: This silver dial displays Roman numerals, filigree hands and is signed “Avenell”.MOVT: This key-set movement with verge fusee escapement is nickel with a full plate layout and is signed.CONDITIONS:C 3-16-13 (The case is in very good condition, worn, 2 dents)D 3-35 (The dial is in very good condition, period)M 3 (The movement is in very good condition)R 8 ½ (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare) Experts Opinion: A rare early verge repousse from the Netherlands. 1685 all original signed repousse case. Dial is a period silver dial replaced over the years but still exceptional. AI-173-34 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…
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