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CHARLES FASOLDT, ALBANY, NY [Charles Fasoldt，紐約阿伯尼] | A VERY RARE AND FINE GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER POCKET CHRONOMETER WITH DOUBLE WHEEL ESCAPEMENT CIRCA 1870, CASE NO. 353 [ 極罕有黃金精密計時懷錶備雙齒輪擒縱機芯，年份約1870，錶殼編號353]
Lot Closed
June 16, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
CHARLES FASOLDT, ALBANY, NY
[Charles Fasoldt，紐約阿伯尼]
A VERY RARE AND FINE GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER POCKET CHRONOMETER WITH DOUBLE WHEEL ESCAPEMENT
CIRCA 1870, CASE NO. 353
[ 極罕有黃金精密計時懷錶備雙齒輪擒縱機芯，年份約1870，錶殼編號353]
• Movement: damascened bridges, wolf's tooth winding, Fasoldt patented double gold wheel lever chronometer escapement, impulse to the smaller wheel and locking to the larger, single roller, bi-metallic compensation balance, the balance cock with Fasoldt's precision regulation, signed C. Fasoldt, Albany, New York, further engraved Pat. Apr. 5, 1864 & Mar. 7, 1865
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, large subsidiary seconds, blued steel moon hands, signed Fasoldt Patent Chronometer Albany NY
• Case: 18ct gold, engine-turned back, the centre with polished vacant circular cartouche, milled band, polished bezel, hinged glazed cuvette, gold pendant and bow, the inside back with case maker's mark EH for E. Humbert and numbered XX 353
diameter 55mm
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Fasoldt called his escapement a chronometer, but in fact it was a lever escapement with two escape wheels, the smaller one giving impulse in one direction and the larger one in the other direction. He immigrated to New York around 1850 and relocated to Albany, New York in 1861, where he founded a watchmaking factory which employed 50 men. He also utilized the help of family members. His daughter made jewels, patent regulators and patent hairsprings, while Charles Fasoldt himself made the wheels and arbor plates. To our knowledge, he produced nearly 600 pocket watches during his career.