Early verge fusee pocket watch movement with maker engraved on the plate.
The S&H WORLDWIDE IS €15.00 for Registered (and signed for) Priority Airmail. Type: 22 Jewelled lever, with ratchet wheel escapementĬondition: Beautiful Cosmetically and working very well Model: Kuhlberg keyless work with up/down dial (see Priestley)Ĭondition: Very Good – no dings, light wear marks. Maker: R.N – Robert Benson North – Nicole Neilsen & Co. Metal Content: SILVER – London Assay 1910c Type: White ENAMEL with UP/DOWN Dial at 12.00Ĭondition: Very Good – no visible defects Benson North took over the position of manager from lsen, beoming managing director in 1900. This has a long name and may take 1 min to open depending on your bandwidth.Įxtract: In 1898 Robert Benson North took over the position of manager from Emil Nielsen, becoming managing director in 1900. Given the case marking, it is possible that this watch was retailed by Nicole Neilsen, but who also supplied the top London retailers with high end products – Ref : AFTR 49įor further information on Kuhlberg please see the following links, including one to an identical Watch in the British Museum, which describes the watch in great technical detail. The pictures of the uncased movement were taken before all the wheels were positioned and the work finished. There are a few teeth missing on the winding wheel, so you need to turn the crown back and then wind when you reach this point. The movement has been overhauled by my Watchmaker, so is in excellent cosmetic and working condition and keeping almost perfect time. The top plate is signed J P (Joseph Preston of Prescot, the Eminent Lancashshire ebauche maker, who supplied only the top finishers) and with Kuhlberg’s ref 16XO – sn 964. The s/n is 30964, has a plain cock with Freesprung hairspring and a Ruby End-Stone and can be either Stem Wound and Pin Set or Key Wound and Key Set from the back. It has a typical Kuhlberg 1/2 Plate movement with 22 Jewels & Kuhlberg’s keyless work, with Harrison’s maintaining power. The case is stamped with the Lion Passant Standard Mark, has a LONDON Assay Mark for 1910 and Case Maker’s Mark R N (Robert Benson North – Nicole Neilsen & Co.
It has a White Enamel Dial, which is in excellent condition and has subsidiary dials for power reserve at 12.00 and constant seconds at 6.00. This is a SUPERB REVERSED FUSEE Pocket Watch by the well respected CHRONOMETER Making Firm of KUHLBERG, 105 Liverpool Rd.
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