Clarkson London 18ct Gold Pocket Watch, Circa 1880, Good Condition
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Clarkson London an 18ct gold hunting cased pocket watch circa 1880. Dial: white enamel Roman numerals, sunken Arabic subsidiary seconds dial. movement: gilt full plate English fusee, no. 59578, key wind, key set. Case: circular engine-turned case with engraved monogram to front. Dimensions: 47 mm diameter. Signed: movement, dial and movement numbered 59578. Accessories: key. Condition: dial: fine hairlines to sub dial. Hands: good. Glass: light surface scratches. Case: some rubbing to outer edges engine-turned decoration, some dents, light scuff marks surface scratches, condition commensurate with age and use. Movement: running, not recently serviced or timed. Total weight approximately 88.8 grams. Overall condition: good
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- 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Use of the fusee in clocks was superseded by the "going barrel" in the mid 19th century and for pocket watches at the beginning of the 19th century.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. - Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
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