Antique Timepiece Pendant Necklace No.28 - Steampunk - circa 1780 William Bluck Verge Fusee - FREE SHIPPING (US)

Antique Timepiece (Steampunk) Pendant Necklace No.28
Circa 1780 Verge Fusee Pocket Watch Movement (Upper and Pillar Plates) by William Bluck of London, England

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Weight: 1.2 ounce (35 grams),  Diameter/Width: 1.43” (36mm),  Height with Bail: 1.88”(48mm),  Thickness: .52” (13mm)

A Stunningly beautiful example of old world craftsmanship that's been repurposed into an heirloom piece of jewelry.  The centerpiece of this necklace pendant is the complete upper plate of a circa 1780 Verge Fusee pocket watch movement - with its ornate hand carved/pierced floral filigree design.  The plate is disassembled and each component is painstakingly polished, metallic foil added underneath the filigree parts, re-assembled, crystals added, then coated in a thick layer of epoxy resin.  The Pillar Plate, with some remaining components has been cleaned and prepared - along with shortening the Egyptian Pillars, is mounted to the upper plate and adorned with a multi crystal spacer and Ruby and Ruby AB Swarovski crystal rhinestones. 

The movement is mounted to a 1/16" acrylic disc that has a cut-out for the gold plated bail and a pour of red mica tinted epoxy completely encapsulates the bail, which makes it a permanent part of the pendant - and the larger diameter bail will fit most chains without the need for additional mounting rings.  

History of FUSEE WATCH MOVEMENTS:  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 hand made Verge Fusee with ornately hand carved and pierced/filigree components of the 17th through 19th century - to less decorated and more utilitarian brass and nickel plated alloy movements of the 20th century when mechanized techniques were employed.  

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