10kt GP Stainless Villereuse Lady's Watch

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Description: Outstanding 10kt Gold Plate & Stainless Villereuse Lady's Wristwatch; 17 jewel Incabloc movement, cross thatched satin finish link lugs & tapered band, silver tone dial, applied silver tone Arabic numeral and bar hour markers and matching silver tone pointed hands. We will gladly put this watch in a complementary gift wrapped box presentation case so it would make an elegant gift for that special someone. Incabloc is the name given to a type of shock absorption system used on mechanical (wind-up) watches. One of the most sensitive inner parts of a mechanical watch is the arbor, or staff, that is the axis for the balance wheel. The balance wheel and escapement are the heart of a mechanical watch. If the jewelled bearings of the balance staff are friction fitted into the frame (plates) of the watch, the pivots on the balance staff break or bend when the watch is hit or dropped. Most watches were made this way up until the mid to late 1940s. Many companies have devised systems to allow these jewels to "float", and then return to where they should be when the watch is bumped, nearly eliminating damage to the staff. "Incabloc" is one of the best known shock-proofing systems and it is Swiss in origin. It was introduced by the Universal Escapements, Ltd., of Switzerland in 1933. The design was improved in 1938. In the U.S., The trademark "Incabloc" was registered on October 8, 1957. In the UK, it did not appear on most of the 'everyday' watches until the late 1940's and early 1950's, although by 1952 37 million Incabloc units had been sold worldwide. The Universal Escapements Ltd had become 'Portescap' by 1981. Some time after this Portescap then sold the system off and they are just known as Incabloc now. The Incabloc system allowed the Balance to move sideways if it suffered a sharp shock and then it returned to it's normal position under pressure of small springs above the movable carriage.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: LW_050
Condition: Excellent working condition. .	Year: Circa 1965
Height: App Case Size: 24mm x 11mm
Width: App Band Length: 7"
Title: 10kt Gold Plate & Stainless Villereuse Lady's Wristwatch

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