RARE Antique, Gold Pocket watch made by Seth Thomas & Benjamin Demilt, New York.

 This is a Rare American Antique collector’s POCKET WATCH.

This watch opens up completely. It is really fantastic to see the workmanship that has gone in this watch.

This watch is numbered 531. It is in perfect working order, the only tiny flaw I could find are some small chips in the enamelware face of the watch by the 8 and the 12 hour. .

As far as I can tell is the case 18k gold, but it has no marks. The only marking I could find are a number 456. And the letters EU. There are also some numbers who I can hardly read. I think it is 1273G & 40G7.

This particular watch was made in New York, during the earliest period of the company, sometime between 1809 and 1825.

The original gold hands are also of a unique style.  The crystal is a thick bull’s-eye style and is very clear.

The watch measures nearly 2” or 4.5 cm inches in diameter.

This clockwork is in outstanding condition.

This suburb watch was made by the firm of Seth Thomas & Benjamin Demilt, New York

The Demilt family of New York City goes back to the 18th century, and
the family made in clocks and watches for almost a half century (1796-1845).

Dr. Theodore Crom (1920-2008) was a retired structural engineer who resided in Florida and uncovered a good deal of information about the Demilts while writing horological and other shop tools, 1700-1900.

 

The Demilts were clockmakers and major importers of clocks, watches, and jewelry from England, France, and Switzerland. After 1818, they also produced fine chronometers.

The Demilts served a clientele at the high end of the business. In fact, they may well have been the foremost horologists in New York City between 1800 and 1845. Despite their success, however, the Demilts have gone virtually unrecognized.


Watches like this in original Well Working Condition do not come up for sale very
often.  Not only is it a valuable watch, it is also a rare piece of American Horological history.

About the movement. Please see last picture.

 

English: Drawing of an antique pocket watch movement, from an 1891 encyclopedia. This type of movement, with a verge escapement and a fusee was used in watches from around 1600 to the early 1800s. Labelled parts, from accompanying text: (a) mainspring barrel, (b) fusee, (c) center (hour) wheel, (c') center wheel pinion, (d) third wheel, (e) fourth or contrate wheel, (f) crown wheel, (h) balance wheel (the pallets are also labelled h), (i) minute hand, (j) hour hand, (k,l) cannon pinion, (m) minute wheel pinion, (n) minute wheel, (v) verge. Alterations to image: removed figure number, and converted to 32 greyscale PNG.

Date

1891

Source

Downloaded June 28, 2008 from Park Benjamn, ed. (1891) Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics, Volume 2, D. Appleton & Co., New York, USA, p.903, fig.4217 on Google Books

Author

Park Benjamin

Permission:  Public domain - Park Benjamin died in 1922

 

Additional information from one of our customers:

This watch was by the DEMILT's, THOMAS & BENJAMIN DEMILT. They also made coin SILVER flatware, tea service & clocks. My ancestor DOMINIC EGGERT, WAS EMPLOYED IN 1813, who is the ONE who began the chronometer making and was the first in America to make one from scratch(D.EGGERT)thru 1860 a silversmith, making silver items, watches, clocks-long case, gothic, bracket, etc. in UK before 1813 & USA after 1813. Andrew DEMILT also worked in the shop. Both Demilt's and Eggert's were on PEARL ST. NY, NY where Eggert went on in the marine instruments- D.Eggert shop this site. http://pages.cthome.net/nobliss/jbliss.html Bliss doesnt have all correct information either FWIW. Don't have Dr. Crom book, but bet he is mistaken on info too. DEMILT/EGGERT have items available from time to time and are still not listed in EARLY American books for watches, clocks, silver, except marine.

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