19”’ | Hand Wind | Swiss Lever | Small Seconds

• Listing ID: 899
• Manufacturer / Brand: Voirol frères
• Caliber: 19''' Lépine
• Size in French Lignes: 19'''
• Size range mm largest diameter: > 40 mm
• Shape: Round
• Winding: Manual (Crown)
• Hands Setting: Crown with pin/pusher
• Seconds Hand: Small seconds
• Escapement: Lever (Swiss, English, Glashütte)
• Date, Day, Month...: None
• Jewels: 15
• Setting Lever Screw/Pin Position: Right
• Balance Position: Left (240 - 360°)
• Shock Protection: None
• Beats per hour: 18,000
• Balance Type: Bimetallic screw balance with Breguet hairspring
• Power Reserve: Unknown
• Production Period: Around 1900
• Identification: The mark 835 on the barrel bridge is the number of the registration of a model for pocket watch movements in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce of 1894 by Voirol frères. The movement is illustrated in an advertisement by Voirol frères in the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung of 1899. Voirol's Swiss patent CH15230 from 1898 shows an almost identical hand-setting mechanism to the existing movement.
• External Link: https://uhrforum.de/threads/identifizierte-uhrwerke-die-weder-bei-ranfft-lorenz-noch-im-watch-wiki-zu-finden-sind.86322/page-52#post-7017603
• Country: Switzerland
• Contributor ©: Uhrforum.de member Badener (Andreas Kelz)