Massive Gold Verge Fusee w.Mock Pendulum c.1760-90 Start Price GBP 1,149.00 Current Price GBP 1,149.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, June 29, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 Location Bovensmilde See more about 'Massive Gold Verge Fusee w.Mock Pendulum c.1760-90' Description On offer here is a beautiful gold consular cased 18th century verge fusee pocketwatch made for the Dutch market. When holding it in the palm of my hand it has a solid and massive feel to it. It weighs 100gramms and is rather onion/oignon-shaped with its diameter of 44mm (not including bow and pendant) and its thickness of 21.5mm. The gold casing has a brilliant glow to it and opens and closes well. It has identical markings on inner and outer lid and casemaker initials JK. It has an almost unscratched bullseye crystal and very nicely cut gold hands. The dial is a perfect example of the style that was made for the Dutch market with its arched minute ring. The dial is signed J.C.Neweren, has Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic ones for the minutes and shows some age wear and minor restorations. When the glass ring is closed they are hardly visible. The movement is signed J.C.Neweren on the elaborately decorated top plate with floral carvings and blued screws. There is the most beautiful continental-style two-footed cock/balance bridge in silver with a mock pendulum (this was sometimes applied to make a pocketwatch look more like a clock and help people understand what made it tick). The pendulum is hard to see, since the watch was ticking away happily when I took the pictures for this ad. When you look closely, you can see it moving directly above the silver regulator disk. Depicted on the silver cock is the mythological goddess of DE OOGST (=The Harvest). The movement is running the full length of the chain. Therefore, I have not had it serviced/cleaned. Between the plates the movement is signed with some kind of marking and II6I, it looks bright and clean and it has very nice egyptian-style pillars. All in all this watch will make a lovely addition to your verge fusee pocketwatch collection. We are private collectors from the Northern part of The Netherlands, Europe. We will ship worldwide. From people who live in the European Union we prefer payment in Euros by means of international bank transfer (using IBAN/BIC account numbers), from all others we'll gladly accept PayPal payment. We will contact you within 24 hours after the auction has ended. We will ship your item on the very same day that your payment clears and send you proof of shipment. Buyer pays for shipping and handling and chooses the method of shipping. We cannot be held responsible for items lost or damaged during shipping. Please don't hesitate to mail us if you have any questions concerning the item on offer, shipment, payment, etcetera. We will answer them to the best of our ability before auction ends. Please note that we will not respond to any requests about reserve price settings or ending an auction early for a buy-it-now offer. We invite you to also have a look at our other verge pocketwatch related listings. We will gladly combine shipping if you acquire more than one item. You can find us on eBay UK, Germany and Netherlands. Please check our 100% positive feedback. Place a Bid!