Waterbury Watch - Waterbury-Tourbillon A rare pocket watch with carousel, Waterb…
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Waterbury Watch - Waterbury-Tourbillon

A rare pocket watch with carousel, Waterbury duplex escapement and 8-day power reserve Dimensions 48 mm, circa 1885, Weight 91 g, Origin USA, Original box Case: Chrome-plated, guilloche pattern, engraving "Patented May 21, 1878". Dial: Cardboard on brass chapter ring, skeletonized centre. Movm.: Bridge movement, large barrel, escape wheel with locking and impulse teeth, three-arm brass balance. Two American watchmakers, D.A. Buck and Charles Benedict of the "Benedict and Burnham" Manufacturing Co. established the Waterbury Watch Company together in 1878; Benedict’s factory produced Buck’s designs. The company produced a large number of very inexpensive timepieces. The most famous of them was the "Waterbury-Tourbillon" with cardboard dial dating from approx. 1880; The design was a modified version of the Breguet tourbillon and the first patent registered for a revolving movement. The movement consists of only 58 individual parts. The "Waterbury-Tourbillon" was the most inexpensive carousel watch in the world and was at the time occasionally given for free to customers who bought very expensive objects. The movement is very typical for American mass production. Today the watch is a coveted collector’s piece all over the world. Case: good, very rubbed. Dial: good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.

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Waterbury Watch - Waterbury-Tourbillon

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