H. Samuel Silver Fusee Pocket Watch, London 1882
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A silver fusee pocket watch by H. Samuel, Manchester, enamel dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, sunk subs-seconds, case London 1882.
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- Fusee - The fusee movement was used in clocks and pocket watches from the mid 17th century. The fusee is a cone shaped drum within the works that is linked to the barrel of the spring, usually by a length of chain.
As the mainspring loses its tension over time, the cone shaped barrel compensates for this by increasing the tension, by pulling the mainspring tighter, thus ensuring the time remains constant.
Use of the fusee in clocks was superseded by the "going barrel" in the mid 19th century and for pocket watches at the beginning of the 19th century.
The fusee continued to be used in marine chronometers until the 1970s.
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pocket watches, case type
- open face, silver case 553
- silver case 865
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