Identifying an Ancre Ligne Droite watch - NAWCC Forums The term Ancre Ligne Droite had a specific meaning The Swiss styel lever was emerging as a standard form in the 1860-1880 time frame It mean that the three pivots, escape wheel pallet lever and balance were in a straight line The English style had the three pivots in a triangular lay out The straight line lever was a special feature worth
Ancre Spiral Breguet - NAWCC Forums Re: "Ancre" Spiral Breguet My French is not that great, but remontoir is winder, and ancre I think, refers to the Swiss Lever escapement I also have a pocket watch with similar markings, spiral Brequet is a Breguet overcoil hairspring The case is Sterling Silver, and the hands are Gold and not plated, which is odd
Silver pocket watch, key wind, Remontoir, Ancre Ligne droite? Ancre Ligne Droite means that is has a straight line lever escapement Remontoir usually refers to a stem wound movement, but in this case, since it's a key-wound movement, and because of the placement of the engraving near the balance, it is apparently a type of balance compensating device patented by Breguet
About my Remontoir Ancre 16 rubis . . . | NAWCC Forums I (unfortunately) inherited two pocket watches One of them is an Remontoir Ancre 16 rubis The glass is missing, but the overall quality looks good In case I want to sell it, how much is appropriate ? I don't really know too much about watches, so a rough from-to would be greatly appreciated
Pocket watch ancre ligne droite, Ignore the watchmaker? It is in excellent condition, all carved on both sides, it's working perfectly, has an inscription "Horlogerie de Geneve, Ancre Ligne Droite Echappement to 15 Rubis, SpiralBreguet, N 104949", 18K, has the number 49 behind the front cover on the back cover has the # 104949 numbers again and 3 more handmade 1732-W, 5275-W,6227-W on the edge of
Ancre Levees Visibles Help - NAWCC Forums Ancre Levees Visibles (French) describes the mechanism (specifically the escapement), not the maker Ancre = Anchor (the shape of the lever counterweight), Levees = lever (s), Visibles = visible, Qualite = quality, Extra = first rate The fact that's in French means the movement is either French or Swiss (more likely)
Ancre Geneve Pocket watch - NAWCC Forums 1) Ancre means it is a lever escapement This is a technical term describing how the watch works It is usually a very good thing 2) Geneve is Geneva which is where the watch was retailed and possibly made 3) K14 means it was sold as 14K gold That would indicate it was intended for the US market It does not guarantee that it is 14K gold
Please help me identifying this ANCRE watch | NAWCC Forums Babis, First, Ancre is not a manufacturer or retailer name It is simply a French word which refers to a mechanical detail about the watch movement, that it is equipped with a lever escapement Levees Visibles also refers to a mechanical detail, that being the escapement bridges are arranged in such a way that you could see the lever