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Movements and Watch Parts
Loose watch and clock movements, dials, cases, balance cocks, chains and other horological components.
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116
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116 with a credited real-object photo
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1670 – 2020
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Kotler's
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14k Gold Double Albert Watch Chain (1916)
1916
This entry describes an antique 14k gold double Albert pocket watch chain dating to 1916 according to the auction catalog. The gold chain features curb-style links arranged with a T-bar and ring assembly. The auctioneer notes a maker's mark of JC& H, a gross weight of 44.9 grams, and a measurement of 10 1/2 inches f…
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Renaissance Antiques
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14K Yellow Gold Curb Link Double Albert Watch Chain
Circa 1900
According to Renaissance Antiques, this curb link double Albert watch chain is constructed of solid 14K yellow gold and dates to circa 1900. Measuring 22 1/2 inches in length, the chain features two primary curb link segments designed to drape across a vest. It is fitted with an S-curved central T-bar intended to an…
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Dreweatts
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A George II thirty-hour longcase clock movement with eight-inch dial
mid 18th century
This George II period thirty-hour longcase clock movement, attributed to John Lawson of Keighley, is designed with an external countwheel striking train and an anchor escapement for regulation by a seconds pendulum. Built with four pillars, including two lower steel pillars, the mechanism features an overhead bell a…
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Nathan Moore / Pocket Watch Database Blog
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Adams & Perry Lancaster Watch #1369 Friction-Fit Dial and Movement
circa 1870s
This enamel dial and movement assembly from Adams & Perry Lancaster watch #1369 demonstrates the company's uncommon friction-fit dial attachment mechanism. Rather than utilizing conventional dial screws, the white enamel dial is held by a metallic ring that wraps around the outer perimeter of the movement's pillar p…
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Nathan Moore / Pocket Watch Database
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Adams & Perry Lancaster Watch Movement #1369
1876
This movement represents an early American pocket watch design by Adams & Perry, introduced to the market in 1876. The source reports that the movement features a double roller escapement separating an impulse roller table from a smaller notched safety roller table. The impulse roller is fitted with an unusually wid…
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Schmitt Horan & Co.
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American Waltham Watch Co. Model 1857 'Samuel Curtis' Movement
c. 1854
This object is a gilded pocket watch movement without a case, catalogued as an American Waltham Watch Co. Model 1857 'Samuel Curtis' grade dating to circa 1854. The 15-jewel lever movement features serial number 555, a steel balance, blued screws, and an elaborately engraved balance cock. The plates are engraved 'RO…
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Antiquités Olivier JANET
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Animated Comtoise Pendulum with Ship Theme
19th century
This 19th-century brass Comtoise clock pendulum features an animated maritime theme. The lower circular bob houses a painted relief aperture depicting boats navigating on water with polychrome accents. The upper stem displays embossed relief nautical motifs including anchors, oars, fish, and dolphins. Catalogued und…
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Mebane Antique Auction
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Antique Pocket Watch Chain Fob
19th/20th Century
This antique pocket watch chain and fob is catalogued from the 19th to 20th century. Offered as lot 50, the piece measures 9.5 inches in total length and weighs 11.79 grams. Its construction includes a triple-strand section of textured elongated beads, an engraved fob pendant, a decorative clip fitting, and a second…
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Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
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Antique Roy 14K Yellow Gold Octagonal Pocket Watch Case
Late 19th/first quarter 20th century
This open-face pocket watch case by Roy Watch Case Co. of Brooklyn, New York, is fashioned in 14-karat yellow gold with an octagonal profile. Catalogued as Lot 548, the case features an unadorned, plain exterior design complemented by a crystal, a winding crown, and a matching angular bow. According to the auction l…
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Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
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Antique Yellow Gold Pocket Watch Chain with Carnelian Fob and Key
Fourth quarter 19th century
This antique yellow gold pocket watch chain is attributed by the auction house to the fourth quarter of the 19th century and catalogued as tested 14K gold. The fancy multi-row link chain incorporates a chased accent loop, a swivel dog-clip clasp, and a round suspension ring holding a matching watch key alongside an…
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Atlam Watches / Antiques Boutique
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Arnold Nicow Swiss pocket watch movement
c. 1910
This uncased early 20th-century Swiss pocket watch movement is catalogued by dealer Atlam Watches under reference MS92 (AB-246825). According to the source listing, the nickel bridge movement is signed 'Arnold Nicow, Chaux de Fonds, No 45470', features damascening, jewelling throughout, and a lever escapement. Confi…
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Atlam Watches
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Aurora Watch Company 18s 15-jewel pocket watch movement
c. 1887
This is an un-cased 18-size pocket watch movement signed by the Aurora Watch Company of Aurora, Illinois, dating by source attribution to circa 1887. The nickel full-plate movement is catalogued as a hunter stem-wound and lever-set configuration. It is equipped with a micrometer regulator, fifteen jewels, blued scre…
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Science Museum Group
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Bar movement with Geneva lever escapement no. 16670
1801-1900
This nineteenth-century Swiss bar movement features a Geneva lever escapement and is preserved in the Science Museum Group collection under object number 1916-287. Described by the source as incomplete, it was donated to the museum by Evan Roberts in 1916. The visible plate side shows gilded bars and bridges held by…
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Bonhams
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British delftware clock dial plate
late 18th century
This late 18th-century British delftware clock dial plate features a convex circular ceramic form measuring 24.2 cm in diameter. The dial surface is decorated in manganese pigment, presenting an inner chapter of bold Roman numerals for hours alongside an outer track of five-minute Arabic numerals. It includes a cent…
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British Museum
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British Watch & Clockmaking Company / W. Wagstaff Watch Movement Ébauche and Dial
1842-1845
This object is a lever watch movement ébauche accompanied by a white enamel dial, preserved in the British Museum under registration number 1991,1201.4. Catalogued with a production date of 1842 to 1845 in London, the piece is credited to the British Watch & Clockmaking Company and W. Wagstaff. The movement is docum…
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Bonhams
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Charles Fasoldt Unfinished Keyless Movement
1880'S
This horological object is an unsigned, unfinished, and incomplete keyless movement attributed by the source auction catalog to Charles Fasoldt of Albany, New York, dated to the 1880s. The 18-size mechanism features a nickel bridge layout, wolf's tooth winding, gold jewel settings, and Fasoldt's co-axial double whee…
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Museums Victoria
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Chronometer Escapement Model
late 18th century
This object is an enlarged working model of a chronometer escapement, attributed to Thomas Earnshaw and dated to the late 18th century. The assembly features a metal chronometer mechanism mounted onto a circular, tiered wooden base. The model demonstrates the mechanical components of a chronometer escapement, which…
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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Cylinder watch movement by E. Prideaux
1780-1794
This uncased antique cylinder watch movement, catalogued under object number 1920-502 in the Science Museum Group collection, is attributed to London maker E. Prideaux and dated to circa 1780–1794 (with museum dates also noted as 1784–1790). The gilded brass top plate exhibits extensive foliate engraving and an intr…
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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Dial from an astronomical instrument
17th century
This object is a convex, gilt copper dial disc, believed to be a component from a complex astronomical or astrological clock. The disc was originally cut from a flat, rectangular base plate, which accounts for its current convex shape and the irregular circular voids where three smaller dials were once positioned. T…
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Atlam Watches
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E. Howard & Co. N size Series V No 2 pocket watch movement
c1868
This is an E. Howard & Co., Boston pocket watch movement catalogued as an N size Series V, No 2 key-wound and key-set mechanism dating to circa 1868. Built with a gilt three-quarter plate configuration and a lever escapement, it is engraved with the manufacturer's name, serial number 13856, the letter 'N', and Reed'…
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History of Science Museum, University of Oxford
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Early 10th-century astrolabe rete
early 10th century
This object is a standalone astrolabe rete, the rotating star map component of an astrolabe, dating from the early 10th century and attributed to Syria. It survives without the remainder of the original instrument. The rete is of the indicator-line simple type and features a single tab for rotation. It includes seve…
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The House of Antiques
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Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
Early 20th Century
The House of Antiques lists a matched pair of automaton figures catalogued as originating from a clock tower in Paris, France, and dating to the early 20th century. The dealer reports they are constructed from carved wood and plaster components detailed in gesso with hand painting. According to the source, mechanica…
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Nathan Moore / Pocket Watch Database
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Early Double-Sunk “Elgin Nat’l Watch Co.” Dial, c.1874 (Back View)
c. 1874
This component is the reverse side of an early double-sunk enamel pocket watch dial dating to circa 1874, attributed to the Elgin National Watch Company. According to horological historian Nathan Moore, following the firm's reorganization from the National Watch Company in October 1874, surplus inventory dials were…
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Palmer's Auction Co
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Elgin National Watch Co. G.M. Wheeler Grade 18-Size Pocket Watch Movement
circa 1875
This antique American size 18 pocket watch movement was manufactured by the Elgin National Watch Company as a G.M. Wheeler grade. The cataloguer notes a manual-wind full-plate gilt movement stamped with serial number 384140, dating production to circa 1875, alongside engravings reading 'G. M. Wheeler, Elgin, Ill.' a…
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Nathan Moore / Pocket Watch Database Blog
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Elgin No. 239 Veritas Hairspring and Balance Assembly
c. 1902
This horological component comprises the hairspring and balance assembly identified by the source as originating from an Elgin No. 239 Veritas pocket watch movement. The source reports the parent movement as an 18-size, Model 8, 21-jewel mechanism bearing serial number 9348026 and dating to circa 1902. As visible in…
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Atlam Watches
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Elgin Strand 16-size 17-jewel pocket watch movement
c. 1917
This is an uncased open-face, stem-wound and stem-set pocket watch movement produced by the Elgin National Watch Company. Built with a 16-size three-finger bridge nickel architecture, the movement displays decorative wave damascening. Visible engravings include 'Strand', 'ELGIN NAT'L WATCH CO.', 'U.S.A.', '17 JEWELS…
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Atlam Watches
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English fusee detached lever pocket watch movement by John Harrison, Liverpool
c. 1830
This is an antique English fusee pocket watch movement attributed to circa 1830 and signed by John Harrison of Liverpool. The movement features a gilt 3/4 plate construction with a lever escapement and a gold balance wheel. The upper plate is engraved in cursive script with "Detached lever by John Harrison, Liverpoo…
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Antiques Boutique / Atlam Watches
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English fusee Duplex pocket watch movement by Thomas Moss
c1835
This antique English horological item is a gilt full plate fusee pocket watch movement dating to circa 1835. Made by Thomas Moss of Ludgate Street, London, and numbered 5139, the movement features a Duplex escapement paired with a brass escape wheel. It incorporates a wide three-arm steel balance, jewel settings, an…
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Atlam Watches
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English fusee pocket watch movement by Amelia Clarke
circa 1870
This is an antique English fusee pocket watch movement attributed to Amelia Clarke of Birmingham, dating to circa 1870 in the Victorian period. The movement features a gilt full plate construction measuring approximately 34 mm wide by 10 mm deep. The dealer describes it as having a lever escapement, an engraved watc…
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Atlam Watches
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English silver verge pocket watch pair case
1824
According to the dealer, this object comprises an English silver verge pocket watch pair case bearing hallmarks for London 1824. The set includes both the inner and matching outer case, three printed watch papers, and a bullseye mineral glass crystal. Source measurements state the outer case is 56 mm wide, while the…
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Atlam Watches
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English Silver Verge Pocket Watch Pair Case, Birmingham 1830
1830
This item is an English silver pair case intended for a verge pocket watch, bearing silver hallmarks for Birmingham dated to 1830. Both the inner and outer cases feature a smooth plain finish. The inner case retains its original stem, bow, and hinged bezel, and internally retains a circular printed or manuscript wat…
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Atlam Watches / Antiques Boutique
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English verge fusee pocket watch movement
c1810
This is an antique English verge fusee pocket watch movement dating to circa 1810 during the Georgian period, sourced via dealer Atlam Watches. The circular gilt backplate features a pierced balance cock decorated with open scrollwork, a foliate-rosette jewel setting, a grotesque face mask at its base, and an integr…
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Atlam Watches
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English verge fusee pocket watch movement by Chas Clanton, London
c1780
This is an antique English full plate verge fusee pocket watch movement dating to circa 1780. The gilt movement features cylindrical pillars, an elaborately pierced and engraved balance cock, and a silver regulator disc. The top plate is engraved with the signature 'Chas Clanton, London' along with movement number 3…
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Bellmans
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George Graham Watch Movement Mounted in a Brass Stand
circa 1735
This pocket watch movement by George Graham of London, numbered 565 and dated by the auction source to circa 1735, is mounted within an ornate cast brass bezel and suspended in a C-shaped brass stand. According to the auction description, the movement features square baluster pillars, a chain fusée, a cylinder escap…
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Atlam Watches
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Georgian gilt pocket watch hunter case, circa 1810
c1810
This item is an antique Georgian-era gilt pocket watch case described by the seller as intended for a verge movement, dating to circa 1810. The seller states that the case was originally configured as a half hunter, but its central circular front aperture has since been filled. Measuring 52 mm in external diameter,…
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Atlam Watches
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Georgian Personalised Pocket Watch Balance Cock
c. 1810
This antique horological component is a personalised pocket watch balance cock dated by the dealer to circa 1810 during the Georgian period. The gilt metal balance cock features openwork pierced foliate decoration surrounding an endstone setting, mounted above an oval cartouche engraved with monogram initials. Its b…
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Atlam Watches via Antiques Boutique
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Georgian pocket watch balance cock
c1810
This individual horological component is a Georgian pocket watch balance cock reported by the seller to date to circa 1810. Rendered in yellow metal, the balance cock features openwork piercing and engraving on its circular table, exhibiting foliate scrolls, floral motifs, and a pierced scalloped outer border. Above…
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Atlam Watches
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Georgian pocket watch balance cock, c. 1790
c. 1790
This is a Georgian antique pocket watch balance cock dated to circa 1790 by the seller. Offered by London dealer Atlam Watches under reference AM381 (AB-265514), the component measures approximately 31 mm by 12 mm. The gilt-toned piece displays intricate openwork piercing and engraving with scrolling foliate and flo…
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Atlam Watches
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Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement by Rigby, London c1810
c1810
This item is an English gilt full-plate verge fusee pocket watch movement catalogued to circa 1810 by dealer Atlam Watches. The top plate is engraved in cursive script with the signature 'Jas Rigby, Charing Cross, 709'. The movement features an openwork balance cock pierced with foliate scrolls and flowers, an engra…
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Atlam Watches / Antiques Boutique
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Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement by W. Hartshorne
c. 1830
This item is an English Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement dated circa 1830. According to the seller, the gilt full plate movement is signed 'W Hartshorne, Broselley' and features a pierced balance cock ornamented with an urn of flowers and a grotesque mask. The white enamel dial features black Roman numeral…
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Atlam Watches via Antiques Boutique
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Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement by Wm Hammond
circa 1810
This English full-plate verge fusee pocket watch movement is attributed to circa 1810 and is signed 'Wm Hammond, London' with serial number 47574. The top plate exhibits a pierced and engraved gilt balance cock adorned with scrolling foliate designs, floral motifs, and an oval medallion depicting a bird. An engraved…
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Atlam Watches via Antiques Boutique
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Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement by Wm. Chester, Shoreditch
c. 1830
This is an English gilt full-plate verge fusee pocket watch movement dating to circa 1830 during the Georgian era. Engraved on the top plate with the maker inscription 'Wm Chester, 5, Shoreditch' and serial number 3659, the movement features a solid, foliate-engraved balance cock fitted with a diamond endstone in a…
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Atlam Watches / Antiques Boutique
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Georgian verge fusee pocket watch movement, Rose & Son, London
c. 1770
This is an antique English verge fusee pocket watch movement dating source-reported to circa 1770 within the Georgian era. Listed by dealer Atlam Watches under reference ME104 (AB-197387), the gilt full-plate movement is signed 'Rose & Son, London' along the edge of the back plate. It features an elaborately pierced…
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Gilt metal watch dial
1850-1880
This circular watch dial, measuring 4.1 cm in diameter and 0.05 cm in depth, was produced between 1850 and 1880. Constructed from gilt metal, the piece is decorated through engraving and painting. The dial features black painted Roman numerals arranged in a circle, bordered by an engraved husk design on the outer ri…
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Gilt metal watch dial by Jean Julien Faucherre
1850-1880
This round watch dial, measuring 4.1 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm in depth, is constructed of gilt metal. It originated from the London workshop of the Swiss engraver Jean Julien Faucherre (1805-1891). The dial remains in an unfinished state, characterized by the absence of painted numerals for timekeeping, though it f…
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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Going-barrel watch movement, with duplex escapement
1801-1830
This going-barrel watch movement featuring a duplex escapement is catalogued in the Science Museum Group collection under object number 1920-509. The source dates the piece between 1801 and 1830, reporting it as French or Swiss from the early 19th century, acquired via the Bruno Roberts Collection. The brass movemen…
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Gold Chatelaine with Watch and Accessories
1755
This gold chatelaine, created in London in 1755, consists of a belt hook suspension system featuring relief scenes from the life of King David. Suspended from the central structure are three primary items: a pocket watch, a snuff étui, and an additional étui. The pocket watch, signed by Robert Cawley of Chester and…
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Museums Victoria
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Gontard & Co Pocket Watch Movement
circa 1850
This pocket watch movement was produced by the Parisian maker Gontard & Co, circa 1850. The movement is a key-wound mechanism featuring a cylinder escapement. It measures 4.4 cm in diameter and 1.1 cm in depth. The dial is missing, though one hand remains. The back plate or cover bears the inscription 'Gontard & Cie…
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Dated entries by century
- 17th century4
- 18th century16
- 19th century52
- 20th century27
- 21st century2
Only the 101 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Confidence of the published entries
- Documented38
- Probable78
Confidence reflects how well the sources support each entry's identification, not the object's quality or importance.
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Common questions about movements and watch parts
- How many movements and watch parts entries are published, and do they have photographs?
- 116 entries are published in this section; 116 of them carry at least one credited photograph of a real object, with its source and stated rights.
- What period do the movements and watch parts entries cover?
- 101 entries carry their own date to within about a century and a half; they range from 1670 to 2020. Broader museum date ranges are kept exactly as recorded and are left out of this span.
- Does Orbis value or grade movements and watch parts?
- No. Orbis documents and identifies object types with cited sources. It does not grade condition, estimate prices or sell objects.