Small 18K Gold Victorian Period Key-Wind Thrussell & Son Geneve Pocket Watch

SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). 18Kt yellow gold case. No. 2381. C...

A Complicated 5 Minute Repeater 18ct Full Hunter Pocket Watch by J Dauer Geneve This double complications of a 5 minute repeater function and a chronograph function. The watch was...

A Stauffer Cx. de Fond precious yellow metal 18ct Solid Gold ladies' pocket watch, key wind, having polished and engine turned gold Roman numeral dial, 36.5mm wide floral engraved y...

Verge Crown Wheel Key Winding 18K Yellow Gold Ornate Pocket Watch Approx. 48 mm in diameter, 18 mm thick Stamped SH JW with English Gold Hallmarks inside the case. Date mark of F with square box around it. 61.3 dwt / 95.4g The verge (or crown wheel) escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by allowing the gear train to advance at regular intervals or 'ticks'. Its origin is unknown. Verge escapements were used from the late 13th century until the mid 19th century in clocks and pocketwatches. The name verge comes from the Latin virga, meaning stick or rod.[1] Its invention is important in the history of technology, because it made possible the development of all-mechanical clocks. This caused a shift from measuring time by continuous processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks...