![]() My suspicion is that this movement may have once been a high grade movement removed from a solid gold case that was sent to scrap. Movement seems to want to run but was not running. However, when you consider that the European Verge went out of style about 1820, that this movement would have sat for a long time before being put into this movement. Finding an American Case with a European Verge Fusee is not common. I can only assume that someone needed a watch and that the jeweler had a case and a movement or someone brought to him either the case or movement to be “married” so that they could have a watch to wear. This watch came from the Boston, MA area about 30 years ago and has been in storage since. The case was designed for a key wind watch was modified (with previous holes plugged) to accommodate the movement. ![]() Gold painted scene of a Schye, rake, pitchfork and wheat design on dial, assumed to be for a farmer or someone involved in farming. European Verge Fusee movement circa 1780. This is a strange and unusual transition watch. ![]() A married pocket watch 1780 Verge Fusee in 1880 Fahy’s No. ![]()
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