18”’ | Hand Wind | Cylinder | Small Seconds

• Listing ID: 5858
• Manufacturer / Brand: Lévy / Eclipse
• Caliber: 18''' Cyl.
• Size in French Lignes: 18'''
• Size range mm largest diameter: > 40 mm
• Shape: Round
• Winding: Manual (Crown)
• Hands Setting: Crown with pin/pusher
• Seconds Hand: Small seconds
• Escapement: Cylinder
• Date, Day, Month...: None
• Jewels: 6
• Setting Lever Screw/Pin Position: Center
• Balance Position: Left (240 - 360°)
• Shock Protection: None
• Beats per hour: 18,000
• Balance Type: Brass
• Power Reserve: Unknown
• Production Period: Unknown, probably around 1905
• Identification: Very similar movement registered by Leon Lévy in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce on 28.02.1905 as model No. 7. Model No. 7 is not an official caliber designation, but was used to register the design. An Eclipse movement with identical cover plate for the hand setting wheel, but with Swiss lever escapement, is listed in the Jacob catalog from 1949.
• Country: Switzerland
• Contributor ©: PocketWatch.ch forum member VinSer and Uhrforum.de member Badener (Andreas Kelz)