Onésime Molière 40mm 16J lever set (LS) ladies' pocket watch #12016, additional serial under the dial #40809, beautiful nickel bar-style movement with steel winding gears and a wide bar-style damascene pattern, mint single sunk (SS) porcelain enamel dial with Roman numerals, an outer black-marked minute register and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register, purple steel moon style hands.
Impressive yellow gold filled (YGF) fully engraved hunting case (HC), both sides have deep engine turning on one half of the cover behind a large floral pattern, smooth polish on the other half with a different floral design and a floral design down the center to the fancy monogram shield, blank on one side and a petaled flower design in the other, multi-stepped bezels, offset recessed hinges, a large heavy bow and an extra thick glass crystal, case is showing light normal wear with a small bit of smoothing to the edge of the engraving on the back, a few small scratches on both covers and a bit of wear on the bow, case is possibly an unmarked low karat gold however there are no markings and our tests were inconclusive so we are selling as gold filled, measures approx. 44mm in diameter x 64mm in length x 12mm thick. A very attractive, high quality watch from the late 1800s in excellent+ overall condition!
- Year Made: late 1800s
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Company:
Onésime Molière
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Movement Size:
3640mm
- Jewels: 1216J
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Setting/Movement Type:
lever set
- Serial #: 12016
- Movement Finish: nickel
- Movement Details: hunting case movement (HCM), bar-style layout
- Dial Material:
porcelain enamel
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Hand Style:
moon - standard
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Case Style:
HC
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Case Material:
Gold Filled - Yellow
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Case Details:
extra-thick glass crystal, offset hinges, recessed hinge
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Case Width/Diameter:
44mm (1.73 inches)
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Case Length, bow included:
64mm (2.52 inches)
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Case Thickness:
12mm (0.47 inches)
- Crystal Material: glass
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Condition:
Excellent +
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Gender:
Ladies', Unisex
This watch is in good running condition, unless otherwise noted in the description. This means that on receipt, pending any item-specific running conditions noted in the description, you can expect the watch to be winding and setting properly and to run smoothly while keeping reasonable time. We consider "reasonable time" to meet these basic guidelines:
- Railroad Grade Watches will be keeping +/- 5 minutes per day
- Pocket and Wrist Watches with 15 or more jewels will be keeping +/- 10 minutes per day
- All key wind watches and watches with 14 or fewer jewels will be keeping +/- 15 minutes per day
The above guideline is the lowest standard in which we would ship out a watch, however in most cases, you will see much better timekeeping. Most of our watches have been in storage for many years, so if you plan on carrying/wearing them everyday, you should consider having them cleaned and oiled soon, and then once a year thereafter to keep them in top running condition. If the watches will be for occasional use or display, they should be cleaned and serviced every 3 to 5 years depending on use.
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