VINTAGE #434 L. HOLUSKA VIENNA 1885 WALKING STICK WATCH CANE FRAME MECHANISM

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VINTAGE ENGRAVED #434  L. HOLUSKA MARKED ON PLATES 18. L. HOLUSKA WAS OF VIENNA 1885.  WALKING STICK WATCH CANE FRAME MECHANISM. THE TRAIN IS MISSING THE SMALL PLATE IS THERE FOR THE BALANCE AND ESCAPE WHEEL, THIS WOULD BE A CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT. THE BARREL AND WINDING MECHANISM IS THERE.
SOLD AS IS AS PARTS FOR A RESTORATION. THE SIZE IS 17MM ACROSS END CAPS AND TOTAL LENGTH IS 65MM END TO END OF THE CYLINDER NOT COUNTING THE WINDING STEM AND NUT.
LOOK ON GOOGLELELE FOR L. HOLUSKA WATCH CANE FOR EXAMPLES OF THIS STYLE CANE.
HIDDEN MECHANISM JUST SHOWED A SMALL HOLE WITH THE FACE AND ON BACK A BUTTON PULLED OUT FOR SETTING THE HANDS.
WINDING WAS DONE WITH THE CANE HEAD TURNING TO WIND THE CLICK TO THE BARREL FROM CANE END CAP.
The ingenious winding mechanism was invented by L. Holuska of Vienna who filed a patent for it in 1885. Related examples are illustrated in C. Dike, Book title:
Cane Curiosa
, Geneva, 1983, p.87
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