Preliminary Mini-Review I don’t think that I have ever seen anything more beautiful than this pocket watch. Keep reading to see the full details. A typical watch face for the Chinese market, with austerely designed Roman numerals and ‘club’-shaped hands. A fairly simple case made of thick silver. The back cover can be opened using […]
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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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