Pocket Watch Case

WONDERFUL PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE CHRONOMETRO GONDOLO IN SOLID GOLD 18K CASE RARE SiZE. Please check out all the pictures they are better at describing the good condition of this case original in solid gold 18K. Look at the quality here. Movement Manufactured by the PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE geneve special order to gondolo store in rio de janeiro/Brasil. The case weights 20grams with the movement. The case measures 27MM in diameter not including the crown and bail. All hinges are tight and work as intended. The cover snaps open to 90 degrees. The crystal is original. Watch is in good condition. HI GRADE Mechanic (manual winding) movement with. Signed PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE GENEVE NUMBER: 138781, manufactured circa 1903. Original it a harline. Gondolos stratagem in Brazil Patek Philippe was one of the first watchmaking firms to enjoy business relations with the United States, dating from 1851, when it signed an exclusive agreement with Tiffany & Co. The founders letters, carefully preserved in Patek Philippes archives, are a fascinating record of the perils to which the traveller was exposed at that time. The firm had been present in Latin America since the 1870s, but sales in this market really took off towards the end of the nineteenth century, when business relations began with distributors Gondolo & Labouriau, in Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Gondolo and his partner, Paulo Labouriau, had devised an ingenious sales method. This consisted of a buyers club for 180 watch enthusiasts. The first week, the members paid ten dollars a week and then drew lots, with the winner acquiring a Patek Philippe. The timepiece in question was the celebrated Chronometro Gondolo, a calibre specially created for Gondolo and found in no other Patek Philippe timepiece. The second week, the remaining 179 members again paid ten dollars, and so on until the seventy-ninth week, when all the remaining members, each of whom had paid 790 dollars, received a Patek Philippe watch. The trade name Chronometro Gondolo was registered at 8 oclock on March 10, 1902 under the N° 14401. The Chronometro Gondolo was manufactured with a range of watch-cases (in gold, in silver or in niello silver), dials (divided in 12 or 24 hours) and hands. The movement diameters varied between 10 to 22 lines, a unit of measurement used for indicating the size of the movement. A line is equivalent to 2.256 mm giving rise to cases from 32 to 57 mm in size. The Chronometro Gondolo movements had to incorporate the following technical features to meet the latters requirements: – An ébauche (blank movement) based on a patented design by Adrien Philippe (US Patent N° 20483 of January 13, 1891) equipped with transmission and ratchet-wheels of the mainspring barrel arbor (winding wheels) with wolfs teeth toothing. The mainspring barrel arbor was built with a square indentation for releasing (unwinding) the barrel spring. A wheel train in 9 carat gold. A straight line lever escapement à moustaches (with moustaches refers to an equilibrated lever) with a cut bimetallic balance and a Breguet balance spring. A minimum of 18 jewels (18, 19, 20 or 21). A spiral-shaped eccentric, allowing precision regulation for fast and slow, an improved version of Adrien Philippes French « precision regulator » (Patent, N° 142376, from April 16, 1881). A selection of the watches were designed to be fitted with centre-seconds or chronograph mechanisms. Patek Philippe never produced other watches with gold trains of wheels; but during the second half of the 19th century, they did produce a considerable amount of movements with gold wheels. Wristwatches appeared in the 1920s and were presented in different case shapes, ranging from round, square and rectangular to tonneau and cushion. Extra-flat cushion-shaped Art De. The item “Vintage Patek Philippe chronometro Gondolo solid gold 18k case” is in sale since Thursday, March 10, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “azebadam” and is located in São Paulo, São Paulo. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Brand: PATEK PHILIPPE
• Closure: Open Face
• Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding
• Country Made: Switzerland
• Age: Antique (pre 1920)
• Case Material: Rose Gold

5250 Moon phase, pocket watch movement No. 2310406, rare, calibre 9521. Openface, keyless lever watch with moon phase. Signed International Watch Co. 9521 gilt-finished lever movement, 19 jewels, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, moon phase, no case. Dial and movement signed. The item “IWC Schaffhausen Rare Ref. 5250 C. 9521 No case Runs when wound sold As-Is” is in sale since Saturday, March 12, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches\Pocket Watches\Other Pocket Watches”. The seller is “asp9873″ and is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM.

• Closure: Open Face
• Features: Moon Phase
• Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding
• Country Made: Switzerland
• Serial Number: 2310406
• Brand: IWC

1909 HAMILTON 17J Pocket Watch in 14k GOLD FILLED ORNATE HUNTER Case 18s – Runs. THE CASE MEASURES : 54 MM (NOT INCLUDED THE CROWN) 76 MM (INCLUDED THE CROWN). THE CASE MARKED : ADVANCE # 1202686. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL 14K YELLOW GOLD FILLED HUNTER CASE WITH FLORAL ENGRAVED ON BOTH SIDE ARE VERY NICE – EXTRA SHINY – NO WEAR – NO DENT IN VERY GOOD USED CONDITION – BOTH COVERS SNAP TIGHTLY SHUT. THE MOVEMENT READS : HAMILTON WATCH CO. LANCASTER, PA – 17 JEWELS – SAFETY PINION # 659017 – THIS IS STEM WIND & LEVEL SET SCARCE NICKEL DAMASKEENED MOVEMENT WITH GOLD JEWEL SETTINGS – THE MOVEMENT IS ALL ORIGINAL , IT HAS BEEN CLEANED, OILED AND ADJUSTED RUNNING WELL. THE ORIGINAL CERAMIC PORCELAIN 24H DIAL IS VERY HARD TO FIND WITH LARGE ARABIC NUMERALS AND RED FIVE MINUTE MARKERS ARE VERY NICE IN GOOD CONDITION – NO CHIP – HAS A FEW TINY HAIRLINES FROM ITS AGE – IT MARKED : HAMILTON. THE GLASS CRYSTAL IS CLEAR IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WATCH GREAT FOR YOUR COLLECTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST , PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Auctiva’s Listing Templates improve your auctions in minutes. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. The item “1909 HAMILTON 17J Pocket Watch in 14k GOLD FILLED ORNATE HUNTER Case 18s Runs” is in sale since Saturday, March 12, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “sangantiques” and is located in Kyle, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Case Material: 14K GOLD FILLED
• Movement: MECHANICAL
• Brand: Hamilton
• Country Made: USA
• Age: 1909
• Features: 24-hour Dial
• Model: 2
• Serial Number: 659017
• Closure: Full Hunter
• Country of Manufacture: United States