Type: Pocket watch movement with new case Case: Nickel, 54 mm Movement: Escapement, with functions as follows: day of the week, month in 4-year leap year cycle, and moon phase indicator Country of Origin: Switzerland Production year: 1890 Signed: Perpetual Cal., serial number 15871 This is a very rare pocket watch movement with leap year […]
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Virgule Escapement and Calendar Pocket Watch circa 1790 In a suburbs pawnshop, among many boring old watches, my attention was drawn to a large dial with true antique-style numerals. The watch stood out because of its large size (over 60 mm), the dial in the old ‘regulator clock’ style, and there was a hole for
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Vintage LeCoultre & Co ‘Calibre 50’ minute repeater split seconds chronograph perpetual calendar enamel dial moonphase movement for custom watch commission project.
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This project, for a complicated “jumbo” custom built watch case, based on a repeating pocket watch movement from the 1890’s, aimed to rehouse the original vintage pocket watch movement into a new machine-built wristwatch case. Originally, 120 or more years ago, this watch was a rather large and rather heavy gold pocket watch, with a
Le Phare Moonphase Calendar Quarter Repeater, 49 mm, circa 1890’s Read More »
