andrew_sg
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yes quite an oldie ! :) I think our wristwatches also have the potential to out-live us :O [nt]
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19th century cylinder escapement pocket watch with 1/4 repeater
The cylinder escapement predates Thomas Mudge's lever escapement and does not have a pallet fork. This is also coincidentally my first pocket watch. Very cool little mechanical marvel that is ~ 200 years old. The repeater function still works wonderfully!...
Circa 200 years old and it's still working. Just this little element made my day
Enjoy it. Best wishes Alkiro
Amazing how this little marvel resembles mine...
www.watchprosite.com Just look at the pics, the movement is almost identical ; the dial is also guilloche even if one is more complex design than the other. Mine also works perfectly (I had it serviced of course). Still amazing to find one which l...
oh wow they are very similar indeed Mike!
mine does not have 'Bonjour' bramd inside though which is quite interesting. But it has the Aiguilles, and the echappement text
Beautiful old watch....
....I remember reading that in some of these early high end watches the cylinder was made out of a single ruby! Best, John.
Nice 👍 write up .
I really enjoy the blue steel screws and the white saphire endstone on top of the balance wheel.
