Antique Sterling Silver Pocket Watch with Gold Roman Numerals
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Fusee - The fusee movement was used in clocks and pocket watches from the mid 17th century. The fusee is a cone shaped drum within the works that is linked to the barrel of the spring, usually by a length of chain.
As the mainspring loses its tension over time, the cone shaped barrel compensates for this by increasing the tension, by pulling the mainspring tighter, thus ensuring the time remains constant.
Use of the fusee in clocks was superseded by the "going barrel" in the mid 19th century and for pocket watches at the beginning of the 19th century.
The fusee continued to be used in marine chronometers until the 1970s.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- pocket watches, case type
Visually similar items
A Georgian consular case gold open face pocket watch, 1831, hallmarked London case and stamped 18ct gold. Gold dial, verge movement with fusee and chain drive by WM Bush & Hyde, London. N.105. Diameter 42 mm. TW 68gms.
A gentleman's silver openface pair cased pocket watch, JF Leslie, Aberchirder. 50 mm. Key wind. Movement number 79072. Movement signed. Floral engraved dial, subsidiary seconds and applied gilt Roman numerals. Sterling silver. Total weight 123.14 grams. Ch
A Swiss 19th century ladies open face fob watch, c.1890, the floral engraved stamped case in 18ct gold with gold dial. Lever 3/4 plate movement, (some dents in the back cover). Diameter 40 mm.
A ladies Swiss gold pendant watch, c.1890, engraved 14ct gold case with gold face and 3/4 plate, English lever movement by Thomas Russell & Sons. Diameter 38 mm.