![]() ![]() This superseded the verge escapement which did not house any jewels at the point of contact within the movement and so resulted in considerable friction – which often resulted in the best timepieces gaining or losing an hour every day. The most significant development in the century, though, was the introduction of the cylinder escapement movement. However, in the latter part of the 1700s, engraved pocket watches became more attainable and cheap watches (albeit still handmade) were being sold to sailors with colourful nautical illustrations. So expensive were personalised pocket watches before this time that adverts regularly ran in British newspapers offering rewards of up to five guineas for information pertaining to the recovery of a stolen timepiece – that is approximately £1,250 in today’s money. The 18th century saw the proliferation of pocket watches to the masses. Engravings and piercings were made on the protective cases (the dials were not covered by glass), and later there was a trend for unusually shaped timepieces such as animals, household items and even “death skulls”. While these were often simply embellished at the beginning of the century, designs became increasingly elaborate and were the early forebears of today’s personalised pocket watch. The movement, meanwhile, was fashioned out of iron or steel and held together by a series of metal wedges which also supported a number of striking mechanisms. Their designed featured on a heavy drum shaped brass cylinder which was about a dozen centimetres in diameter, around which a single hour hand would turn. Resembling more of a small clock than a watch as we know them today, these “clock-watches” were usually fastened to clothing or hung around the neck on a chain. The 16th century heralded a new age where timepieces were able to be worn about the person for the fist time in history. Rose Gold Plated Half Double Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch.Gold Plated Half Double Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch.Chrome Plated Half Double Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch.Solid Silver Pocket Watch – Full Hunter.Hallmarked Solid Silver Pocket Watch – Full Hunter.Woodford Sterling Silver Swiss Made Pocket Watch.Double Hunter Reverse Porthole Pocket Watch – Gold.Double Hunter Dual Dial Moon-Dial Pocket Watch – Gold Plate.Double Hunter Reverse Porthole Pocket Watch – Silver.Woodford Gold Mechanical Personalised Pocket Watch.Woodford Mechanical Personalised Pocket Watch.Woodford Tri-Dial Personalised Pocket Watch.Woodford Skeleton Personalised Pocket Watch.Numerals Skeleton Pocket Watch – Silver.Double Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch – Gold.Double Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch – Silver.Gold Plated Half Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch.Silver Plated Half Hunter Mechanical Pocket Watch.Classic Personalised Gold Calendar Pocket Watch. ![]() Classic Personalised Chrome Calendar Pocket Watch.Double Hunter Skeleton Pocket Watch – Gold.Double Hunter Skeleton Pocket Watch – Silver.
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