Emtek 3309 Versailles Brass Mortise Entrance Handleset - Entry Set

The 3309 Versailles is built to standard mortise door prep, ANSI A115.1, so it drops into a door already prepped for a standard mortise lock body. Backset is either 2-1/2 inch or 2-3/4 inch, so match the pocket you already have. Door thickness is 1-3/4 inch as standard; a thicker door has to be specified when the order is placed.

Handing is required, and there are four choices: LH, RH, LHR and RHR, with the reverse-bevel LHR and RHR being the out-swing doors. Every mortise lock has to be handed, so this is not a field-reversible latch. Stand outside the opening, note which side the hinges are on and which way the door swings, and order to that.

Both functions are offered on the 3309. F20 is the entrance function, the normal keyed entry set for a house or apartment front door. F13 is dormitory, a tighter function used where you want the outside trim locked by the key and not released by simply turning the inside knob. If you are replacing a standard residential entry mortise lock, F20 is the one that matches.

The mortise lock in the 3309 Versailles set is UL Listed with a UL 180 minute fire rating, so it is usable on an opening rated up to three hours. It is a solid brass residential-line handleset, so it suits apartment entries, condo corridors and multi-family unit doors rather than heavy institutional traffic.

Sold as a complete set: mortise lock body, latch and strike plate are included. What you do have to choose is the inside trim, since the set is ordered with a brass knob or lever for the interior, and the handleset is not shipped with a default one picked for you.

1-3/4 inch is the standard build on the 3309, and a thicker door has to be called out on the order so the set is supplied to match. Door thickness is an entry field when you order for exactly that reason. If you would rather have a handleset that covers a thickness range out of the box, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial covers 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles is cut for the Schlage C keyway, so it will key into an existing Schlage C system. Among comparable handlesets, the Kwikset 687AMD Amador single cylinder handleset is offered in an SC1 keyway SmartKey version under part number KWI-687AMD-SMC, which is the Schlage-style key section rather than Kwikset's own; it is a Grade 3 entrance handleset for a 1-3/4 inch door. The standard SmartKey version, KWI-687AMD-S, is the same Grade 3 entrance handleset without that keyway call-out. Note that the Kwikset sets are exterior trim only, while the 3309 is sold as a complete set including latch and strike plate.

The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont single cylinder entry mortise trim is the closest peer for a mortise-prepped opening, since it is mortise trim in an entrance function rather than a bored-door handleset. The Emtek 3309 Versailles is a brass mortise entrance handleset in an entry function, sold as a complete set with latch and strike plate and cut for standard mortise door prep ANSI A115.1. If the opening needs two keyed cylinders instead of one, Baldwin also builds the Estates 6542 Tremont in a double cylinder entry mortise trim. Both Baldwin 6542 versions list a 1-3/4 inch door thickness, which matches the 1-3/4 inch standard the 3309 is built to.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles is a mortise handleset and requires standard mortise door prep to ANSI A115.1, so it will not drop into a bored door. For a bored opening, the Schlage Residential F60 Addison single cylinder keyed entry handleset with Accent lever is a Grade 2 F Series entrance set that covers a 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch door thickness range. Weslock also builds the 2810 Hillcrest single cylinder handleset with Hudson knob in the Premiere Essentials series, listed for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the 1411 Traditionale Colonial handleset with Eleganti knob for 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch doors.

Three groups look close on the shelf and behave differently. Dummy handlesets such as the Weslock 6695 Belmont dummy handleset with Impresa knob and the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest dummy handleset with New Heaven lever have no lock at all; they are pull trim for an inactive leaf. Non-keyed sets such as the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever are Grade 2 handlesets in a non-keyed entry function. And the Schlage JI18/19 interconnected set with Torino lever is a passage lock paired with a keyed deadbolt, which is a two-hole interconnected assembly rather than a single mortise case. The Emtek 3309 Versailles is a keyed single cylinder entry mortise lock on a Schlage C keyway.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles is a UL listed mortise lock with an ANSI F20 entrance or F13 dormitory function and a UL 180 minute fire rating, which is the specification a fire-rated opening is written against. Where a graded handleset is required instead, the Schlage Residential F60 Addison with Accent lever and the JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever are both Grade 2 in the F and J series, the Schlage JI18/19 interconnected set is Grade 2, and the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D single cylinder deadbolt handleset in the HDLB Series is Grade 2. The Kwikset 687BW Belleview and 687AMD Amador handlesets are Grade 3.

Interior trim is an open choice across Emtek's brass knob and lever range, 89 styles in all. That covers levers like the Stuttgart, Helios, Athena, Hermes, Luzern, Poseidon, Cortina, Milano and Turino, cast knobs like the Orb, Round, Egg, Melon, Octagon and Square, the crystal knobs including Bristol, Windsor, Georgetown and Hampton, and the modern bar and knurled families such as L-Square, T-Bar, R-Bar and Conical in faceted, hammered, knurled, Tribeca and white marble treatments. That is how you match the front door back to the levers already running through the rest of the house.

The 3309 is a mortise set: one lock body inside a machined pocket in the door edge, handed, on an ANSI A115.1 prep. It suits a thick entry door already prepped for mortise, and it is the type used where you want a single UL Listed lock body doing the latching and locking. If your door is bored for a standard tubular knob and deadbolt, a bored handleset is the cheaper and simpler swap, for example the Schlage F60 Addison with Accent Lever or the Kwikset 687 Amador, both of which cover 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors on the Schlage. Cutting a mortise pocket into an existing bored door is a job, not a swap.

Deltana's solid brass entry handlesets are the closest cross-brand equivalents on material: the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann and the 825871 Kingston are all solid brass entry handlesets, and the 810871 Montego covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. Baldwin's Estates 6542 Tremont is the other mortise-trim route, offered single cylinder or double cylinder, on 1-3/4 inch doors. What none of those give you is the 3309's open interior trim selection, where the inside knob or lever is chosen separately from Emtek's full brass range.

No. The 3309 Versailles is a mechanical, non-electronic handleset, keyed on a Schlage C cylinder with no keypad or wireless anything. If the requirement is code or phone access with a handleset look, the Yale Real Living Assure Lock touchscreen deadbolts with the Ridgefield handleset cover it, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth versions for 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch doors, and Kwikset's 815 San Clemente handleset pairs a Halifax lever with a SmartCode keypad deadbolt on 1-3/4 inch doors.

Deltana builds several solid brass entry handlesets that cover the same job with less specification work than the Emtek 3309 Versailles, which requires handing, backset, and function selected up front. The Deltana 803871B Hanover handleset is a solid brass entry set, and Deltana also offers the 815871 St. Ann and the 825871 Kingston handlesets, both solid brass in an entry function. The Emtek 3309 is a brass handleset in an entry function as well, so the material family carries across; the difference is that the 3309 is a mortise set requiring left or right handing to be specified, while a bored handleset does not.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles is a non-electronic mechanical mortise handleset, so access control has to come from a different set. The Kwikset 815SCEHFL-CP913CNT San Clemente handleset with Halifax lever interior trim pairs a contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt with RCAL latch and RCS strike, in the Signature Series for a 1-3/4 inch door. On the Yale Real Living side, the BYRD226NRRX Assure Lock is a standalone touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield handleset, the BYRD226CBARX adds Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the BYRD256 CBARX is a key free touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield passage handleset and trim connected by August. All three Yale sets list a 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch door thickness range.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles is built to a 1-3/4 inch standard door thickness with thicker doors specified at time of order. If a fixed range is preferred, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial handleset with Eleganti knob covers 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Weslock 6695 Belmont and 2815 Hillcrest sets cover 1-3/8 to 2 inch. For thinner doors, the Deltana 810871 Montego handleset lists 1-3/8 to 2 inch, and the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington single cylinder handleset in satin nickel covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch. On the electronic side, the Yale BYRD256CBARX Assure Lock 2 key-free touchscreen deadbolt with Wi-Fi and Ridgefield handleset spans 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch.

The Emtek 3309 Versailles takes any brass knob or lever for the inside trim, chosen separately from a range that includes the Ace knob, Orb knob, Round knob, Bristol crystal knob, and the Athena and Hermes levers, among others. If a single pre-paired part number is easier to order against, Baldwin builds the Wesley handleset with Alcott knob as BAL-180WYHXATK and with Carnaby knob as BAL-180WYHXCYK, both in an entrance function. Weslock pairs the 2810 Hillcrest with the Hudson knob and the 1411 Traditionale Colonial with the Eleganti knob.

Seven finishes: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26) and French Antique (US7). Unlacquered brass is the one that will patina with handling rather than hold its shine, so pick it deliberately if you are matching a set of doors that need to stay uniform.