Antique Timepiece Drop Spindle No.234 - Circa 1820 England - Hand Painted Porcelain Verge Fusee Dial - Free Shipping (US)

ON SALE: Was $150... NOW $120

Antique Timepiece (STEAMPUNK) Style Drop Spindle No.234:
Circa 1820 (Made in England) Porcelain Enamel Verge Fusee Pocket Watch Dial with 22ct Gold Hand Painted "Italian Villa" Scenery

Weight: 0.9 ounce (27 grams), Whorl: 1.88” (48mm), Shaft: Smaller Size = .104” (2.7mm) dia. in Metallic Champagne with Polished Hook Tip x 7.9” (20.1cm)
- this is a very well balanced light weight spindle that spins fast and will work wonderfully with a wide variety of fine fibers

Made from a total of 78 individual pieces, the centerpiece of this Antique Timepiece Drop Spindle is a gorgeous 200 year old (Circa 1820), made in England, porcelain enamel Verge Fusee pocket watch dial with an Italian Villa scenery that's hand painted in 22ct gold paint. PARTS USED: This piece has the dial with antique and vintage watch wheels/gears and 36 Swarovski and Preciosa Czech crystal rhinestones applied - laminated to a 1/8" thick acrylic disc, a large gold plated 6-petal filigree bead cap with an additional 24 crystals mounted around and inside - all mounted to a champagne color powder-coat painted spring steel shaft forged hook with polished steel hook tip. The dial is coated with a thick layer of epoxy resin for a long life/no-snag finish, and all components are bonded with an industrial epoxy adhesive.

FUSEE STYLE MOVEMENTS AND DIALS: a fusee (from the French fusée, wire wound around a spindle) is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were made throughout Europe and The US and used in portable pocket watches from the early 1600’s - early 1900’s to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. Fusee movements were eventually fazed out and by the mid 19th century; Swiss and American watchmaking industries exclusively employed the going barrel with the cylinder escapement - significantly improving timekeeping precision. England continued to make the bulkier full plate fusee watches until about 1900.

A wide variety movements were made from the ornately hand carved and pierced gilt brass movements to less decorated and utilitarian brass and nickel plated alloy movements. Dials were also made in a very wide variety of designs - including fancy silver and gold alloys with ornate carvings, full color/hand painted polychrome works of art on porcelain enamel, common white and colored porcelain enamel dials with hand painted and silkscreen printed numerals and markings, and plated base metal dials.

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- Hand crafted in Tucson, AZ, by John Galen Gudenkauf (owner/artist) with US and Global Materials.