Rare English 18K gold keyless à tact pocket watch Circa 1870
- Kenmerk
- BB0921
- Diameter
- 55 mm
- Estimate
- € 7.500 - 15.000
- Price sold
- € 7.500
Gold lever à tact watch
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A rare and exceptional English 18 carat gold keyless à tact pocket watch, circa 1870. The gilt movement with an English lever escapement, wolf’s tooth winding, and cut and compensated bimetallic balance. White enamel dial with black Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel spade hands. The polished, engine turned, hinged case featuring enamel Roman hours in cartouches on the reverse with a single à tact hand and touch pins around the band, stamped J.S. Dial signed, case numbered, movement signed and numbered.
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A rare and exceptional English 18 carat gold keyless à tact pocket watch, circa 1870. The gilt movement with an English lever escapement, wolf’s tooth winding, and cut and compensated bimetallic balance. White enamel dial with black Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel spade hands. The polished, engine turned, hinged case featuring enamel Roman hours in cartouches on the reverse with a single à tact hand and touch pins around the band, stamped J.S. Dial signed, case numbered, movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Viner Sackville Street London
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Montre à tact. A type of watch made after 1795 by Abraham Louis Breguet to give time by touch. In the late 18th century, it was considered impolite to consult one’s watch in company, a question of etiquette which the à tact watch helped to solve (the French tact, meaning touch, has given the English tact and tactful). Knobs representing the hours are positioned around the case with a large hand that could be turned until it met resistance. Its position to the knobs gave the time. This kind of tactile watch is now mainly used by the blind and visually impaired.
Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Viner Sackville Street London
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Montre à tact. A type of watch made after 1795 by Abraham Louis Breguet to give time by touch. In the late 18th century, it was considered impolite to consult one’s watch in company, a question of etiquette which the à tact watch helped to solve (the French tact, meaning touch, has given the English tact and tactful). Knobs representing the hours are positioned around the case with a large hand that could be turned until it met resistance. Its position to the knobs gave the time. This kind of tactile watch is now mainly used by the blind and visually impaired.
Signed: Viner Sackville Street London
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