Emtek Designer Brass Knobsets - Victoria Knob, Privacy Set

Yes. The Victoria privacy knobset drops into a standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore and covers doors from 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick. One exception on the prep: choose the STRETTO rosette and the door needs a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore plus a 2-hole preparation for the privacy thumbturn, which is not the same drilling as a standard bored door.

Backset is a required choice at order time, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inches. The standard latch shipped is the 2-3/8 inch one, so if you measure from the door edge to the center of the bore and get 2-3/4 inches, you have to call that out. Measure the existing hole before ordering, because the wrong backset will not line up with the bore you already have.

It ships as a complete set: knobs, rosettes, latch and strike plate. Nothing else to add for a normal bed or bath door. You do pick the latch faceplate corner style, round or square, to match the mortise already cut in the door edge.

Non-keyed. It is a privacy, bed and bath function: it locks from the inside with a thumbturn and there is no key cylinder. If you need a key on a bedroom or office door, this is the wrong function, and something like the Cal-Royal BER00 entrance/office knob lock with a Kwikset keyway would be the keyed direction instead.

It is a residential product, solid brass, tubular lock type. For bedroom and bathroom doors in a house or a unit interior it is the right thing. For a commercial opening or heavy multi-family traffic where a graded lock is specified, look at a cylindrical Grade 2 privacy set like the Dexter C2000 Series privacy ball knob or the Cal-Royal BER20 Grade 3 privacy knob instead, both listed for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Victoria knob privacy set is specified for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For thicker doors, the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas privacy knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet knob lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 passage knobset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Of those, the Deltana 6112 is the one in privacy/bed/bath function; the Corbin Russwin and Falcon are passage function with no locking.

The Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose is the nearest like-for-like: a decorative privacy/bed/bath knob set from a traditional brass estate line, the same function the Victoria privacy set serves. The Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob privacy is another privacy/bed/bath knob and covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, where the Victoria set is specified for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Where the Victoria differs from both is configurability - it is ordered with a choice of ten brass rosettes including Lancaster, Quincy, Ribbon and Reed, Rope, Watford and Wilshire, and seven finishes from Unlacquered Brass to Oil Rubbed Bronze.

The Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset in privacy function is a Grade 3 privacy/bed/bath knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob with brass trim over the same door thickness range. The Dexter C2000 Series privacy cylindrical ball knob is a Grade 2 non-keyed privacy/bed/bath knob, also 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. All three are utility-finish knob locks; the Emtek Victoria privacy set is a solid brass residential set built around interchangeable brass rosettes and finishes such as French Antique and Pewter.

The Emtek Victoria knob set is a residential brass knobset. For a graded commercial opening, the Schlage D10S passage latch is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical non-keyed knob lock in the D Series, and the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset that carries a fire rating and covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. For storeroom duty, the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty single cylinder knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset. Note these are passage and storeroom functions rather than the privacy/bed/bath function of the Victoria set.

Three latch choices. Standard latch is the conventional rotation. The 28 Degree Rotation Latch reduces how far the knob has to turn to retract the bolt. The CF Mechanism is the one to pick if you do not want screws showing on the face of the rosette, and it includes the 28 degree latch. On a visible interior door where the trim is part of the look, CF is the clean-face option.

The Victoria knob can be ordered on any brass rosette, and there are ten shapes: #8, Lancaster, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Ribbon and Reed, Rope, Watford and Wilshire. That is how you keep one knob design consistent while matching the rose profile already on your other openings.

Seven: French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Satin Nickel (US15) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). The unlacquered brass has no clear coat and will patina with handling, which is the point if you want it to age. Polished Brass Lifetime is the one that stays bright. Split finish can be specified if you want a different finish inside and out.

The Victoria set here is the privacy version, with the thumbturn for bed and bath doors. A hall or closet door wants a passage function, no locking at all. Emtek builds the Victoria knob in passage as well, so you can keep the same knob and rosette across the house and just change the function per door.

The Victoria knob set is non-keyed privacy/bed/bath. For a keyed knob on a comparable residential brass-look door, the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry and the Deltana 6901 Portland knob entry are entry function, at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch and 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness respectively. The Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob is Grade 3 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Cal-Royal BER00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office knob lock with a Kwikset keyway over the same range - useful if the building is already keyed to Kwikset.

For the non-locking openings alongside a Victoria privacy set, the Omnia 434/PA egg-shaped knob latchset is a passage/hall/closet set in solid brass, and the Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore knob passage lock with 5048 rose comes preconfigured with a 2-3/8 inch backset and full lip strike - the same 2-3/8 inch backset the standard Victoria latch is built for. Baldwin also offers the Estate 5000 Baltimore privacy lock with 5148 rose if the bedroom doors are being matched at the same time.

The Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob combo pack ships as a combo function with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, which suits standardizing an entry plus interior doors in one order. The Emtek Victoria knob set is ordered a door at a time in a single function - privacy/bed/bath - with the backset chosen as 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch and the rosette and finish selected per opening.

The Lockey 3830 is a mechanical keyless combination knob lock with an auto-locking passage function, for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick - it opens on a code rather than a key or thumbturn. It is passage function with auto-locking, a different behavior from the privacy/bed/bath thumbturn function of the Emtek Victoria knob set, and it is a mechanical keypad rather than a decorative brass knob with a choice of rosettes.

For a plain ball knob, the Arrow RK01 is a Grade 2 non-keyed ball knob passage lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Dexter C2000 Series passage ball knob is Grade 2 non-keyed over the same range. The Deltana 6171 Round knob entry is a round knob in entry function for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Emtek Victoria is a brass designer knob ordered with a rosette such as Oval, Rectangular or Rope in finishes including Polished Chrome and Satin Nickel.