84. Auktion - Auktionen Dr. Crott

ei Taschenuhren und konnte somit den Weg vom Aufzug mit Schlüssel
zum Aufzug mit Krone bereiten. Für seine äußerst zuverlässige Hemmung
erhielt er am 07. März 1865 ein Patent. Diese Hemmung muss nicht
geölt werden und sie weist an beiden Ankerpaletten einen sehr starken
Zugwinkel auf. Um die Zuverlässigkeit seiner Hemmung zu beweisen,
machte Fasoldt folgenden, spektakulären Versuch: an der Treibstange einer
Lokomotive des Empire Express befestigte er Uhren anderer Hersteller
sowie einer seiner Taschenuhren. Bei der doch holprigen Fahrt von Albany
nach New York und wieder zurück wich Fasoldts Taschenuhr nur wenige
Minuten der regulären Zeit ab; die Uhren der anderen Uhrmacher blieben
bereits nach wenigen Minuten stehen.
An important, heavy precision hunting case “Patent Chronometer”
with Fasoldt’s patented coaxial double-wheel lever chronometer
escapement
Case: 18k gold, engine-turned, à goutte, tiered, reeded band, case maker
punch mark “EH” (E. Humboldt), engine-turned gold dome. Dial: enamel,
radial Roman hours, sunk seconds, signed: “Chas. Fasoldt Albany N.Y.”,
blued Breguet hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, ground,
blued screws, signed, “Pat. Feb. 1.1859 / Apr. 5. 1864 & March 7. 1865”,
train with six-armed wheels, Fasoldt’s patented double-wheel lever
chronometer escapement, escape wheel with large locking and small
impulse wheel, gold screw compensation balance, Fasoldt’s patented
special form fine adjusting device.
Charles Fasoldt (1818-1898)
He was born in Dresden in 1818 and was sentenced to death in
1848 because of his participation in the revolution. He managed to escape
from jail though and emigrated to the United States. He settled in Albany
and began setting up an impressive enterprise, which produced clocks,
measuring instruments and microscopes as well as his famous watches.
He sold the watches for 150 to 300 dollars per piece, which was a considerable
price at the time. All watches were designed by Fasoldt himself and
nearly all of them had his patented anchor escapement. For his pocket
watches he invented a mechanism for winding and setting the hands -
this cleared the way for the change from key wind to crown wind systems.
Fasoldt patented his extraordinarily dependable escapement on March
7, 1865; the system requires no greasing and has a very strong angle of
drag at both anchor pallets. Fasoldt carried out a spectacular test to prove
the reliability of his escapement: he attached one of his pocket watches
as well as several watches of other makers to the connecting rod of an
Empire Express train engine for a return trip Albany - New York - Albany.
After the bumpy ride Fasoldt’s watch showed only a slight deviation while
all the other watches had stopped after just a few minutes.
33272 G/C: 2, 17 Z/D: 2, 32 W/M: 2, 41
20.000 - 30.000 EUR 27.000 - 40.500 USD 200.000 - 300.000 HKD