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How to Open a Fusee Pocket Watch Case

How to Open a Fusee Pocket Watch Case

How do you get the cover off? We’re often asked us how to open antique fusee pocket watches so here is a video to help everyone navigate their way through a case and locking mechanism seen in most fusee style pocket watches.

According to Wikipedia, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 1400s to the early 1900s to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down.

Read the Wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusee_(h…

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Pocket Watch Size Guide

Elgin Antique Pocket Watches at KeepTheTimeThe pocket watch sizes below refer to the movement size. These measurements are not related to the size of the case or dial. The chart below will convert American pocket watch sizes to millimeters. Check out the KeepTheTime collection of antique pocket watches here!
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