Emtek Modern Classic Brass Leverset - Athena Lever, Privacy Set

Yes, the Athena privacy set drops into standard door prep: a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, and it works on doors from 1-3/8 up to 2-1/4 inches thick. One caveat on the rosette choice, the STRETTO rosette is different, it needs a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore hole and a 2-hole door preparation for the thumbturn.

Backset is a required selection, 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. The standard latch ships for 2-3/8 inch, so if your existing bore centers 2-3/4 inches back from the door edge you have to call that out on the order. Measure from the edge of the door to the center of the bore before you pick.

Handing matters. The Athena privacy leverset is ordered left hand or right hand, so establish the door's hand before you buy. Stand outside the door (the side you push from), and if the hinges are on your left it is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. Order the wrong one and the lever points up the door instead of toward the latch.

It ships as a complete set, lever trim plus latch and strike plate. Nothing else to source for a standard opening. The latch faceplate is available round corner or square corner, so match it to the mortise already cut in the door edge. If you select the CF mechanism, a 28 degree rotation latch is what comes in the box.

It is a residential lockset, solid brass, tubular, non-keyed privacy function. For a bed or bath door in a house, a condo, or a high-end multi-family unit it is the right call. For a commercial corridor, an office, or anywhere you need an ANSI Grade rating on the drawing, go to a cylindrical Grade 1 or Grade 2 privacy lock instead, for example the Arrow MK02-TA privacy cylindrical lock or the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

No key, and no cylinder. Privacy function means it locks from the inside only, a thumbturn on the room side with a release on the outside for emergencies, which is what you want on a bedroom or bathroom. If you need a keyed opening, this is the wrong function entirely, look at a keyed entrance lever such as the Deltana 6201 Manchester entry lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

In most cases yes, on the prep. A Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Athena covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches on the same 2-1/8 inch bore, so a door already prepped for the Kwikset is within the Athena's range. Match the backset you pull out, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4, and check whether the existing faceplate mortise is round or square corner so the new latch drops in without re-chiseling.

The Baldwin Estate 5103 Privacy Lever with 5048 Rose is the nearest decorative-brand match, carrying the same Privacy/Bed/Bath function as the Athena privacy leverset. Both are lever-handle privacy sets for bedroom and bathroom doors rather than keyed openings. The Athena set is brass and is offered in Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel - Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), with the rosette chosen separately in Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square or Urban Modern. The Baldwin 5103 comes with its 5048 rose as part of the set, so the trim shape is fixed rather than selected.

The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton Privacy Lever Set is the simpler option, a Grade 3 privacy set for a 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door. It arrives as one fixed lever and rose design. The Emtek Athena privacy set is a residential brass leverset built from choices - handing, rosette style, and a concealed fastener mechanism that leaves no exposed screws on the rosettes - so it is specified rather than picked off a peg. For a rental turn or a back-of-house bathroom where the trim does not need to match a finish package, the Breton covers the same function.

The Athena privacy leverset is a residential tubular lock. For a restroom or bath opening where an ANSI/BHMA grade is required on the submittal, the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a Grade 1 privacy cylindrical lock with a fire rating and a knob rather than a lever for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. Where the spec calls for a graded, fire-rated privacy device, those are the ones to price; the Athena is the decorative choice for bedroom and bath doors in apartments, hospitality rooms and homes.

No. The Baldwin Estate 5103 Left Hand Half Dummy and the 5103 Right Hand Half Dummy are dummy trim - a fixed lever with no latch and no locking mechanism, mounted for pull and appearance on a closet or inactive leaf. The Athena privacy set is a working latch with a thumbturn privacy lock, sold complete with latch and strike plate. The two are ordered by hand for different reasons: the Baldwin half dummy is handed because the lever is fixed in place, while the Athena is ordered Left Hand or Right Hand because the lever operates a latch. Do not substitute a dummy where the door needs to latch.

CF is about how the rosette looks on the door. Add the CF mechanism and the rosettes carry no exposed screws, so you get a clean face instead of visible fasteners. That option also brings the 28 degree rotation latch. The other two choices are the 28 degree rotation latch on its own, or neither. If the client is looking at the hardware up close on a residential interior, CF is the one worth paying attention to.

The Athena lever can be ordered with any brass rosette, and six shapes are offered: Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square, and Urban Modern. That covers a round rose, a rectangular one, and a square one, so you can carry the same lever through a house whose other openings run different rose profiles.

Seven finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Split finish is available as an option, so you can run one finish on the corridor side and another inside the room, which is how a lot of designers handle a hall that is nickel and bedrooms that are black.

The closest peer in the same decorative residential space is the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose. Same privacy bed and bath function, a different design family. Where the Athena differs is breadth of specification: you pick the rosette shape, the finish, backset, and whether the rosettes carry concealed fasteners, so it is the one to reach for when the hardware has to coordinate across a whole house.

Yes. The Athena set covers 1-3/8 inch through 2-1/4 inch thickness, which takes in the common 1-3/4 inch solid core and heavier 2 inch slabs. Door thickness is a field you specify when ordering so the spindle and screws come sized for the slab you actually have, so measure the door rather than assuming 1-3/4.

Privacy is a bed and bath function - the hall and closet doors take a passage lever, which latches but does not lock. Within a decorative brass program, the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose is the passage counterpart to the same 5103 lever used in privacy, so the trim reads the same door to door. On a budget package, the Bravura Atlanta, Orlando and Tampa passage leversets are all Grade 2, with the Tampa carrying square trim and the Atlanta and Orlando round trim. Order the Athena privacy sets for the bedrooms and baths and a passage lever for everything else.

The Athena privacy leverset fits doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch with a 2-1/8 inch bore. Above that range it will not make up. Among heavy openings, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 fire-rated passage cylindrical lock covering 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch with non-handed levers, and the Dexter C1000 asylum lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Those are passage and asylum functions rather than privacy, so confirm the door actually needs a bed and bath lock before you swap - if it does and the door is oversized, the opening needs a different lock family than a decorative tubular set.

The Athena is non-keyed with a thumbturn privacy function, so there is no cylinder for staff to key into. Where an occupied-space door needs coded entry instead, the Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock is ADA compliant and fits doors from 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch, and the Lockey 2835DC adds a double combination; the Lockey 1150 heavy duty keypad lever set covers 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch. Those are passage-function keypad locks - they control who opens the door from outside, where the Athena controls occupancy from inside.

No - the Athena is non-keyed, a privacy set with a thumbturn and no cylinder. For a keyed opening in a similar decorative brass style, the Deltana Manchester 6201, Morant 6411 and Linstead 6431 are entry-function levers fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Deltana Claremont 5851 is also an entry lever. On the commercial side, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 entry cylindrical lock for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Use the Athena on the bedrooms and baths and a keyed entry lever on the doors that need a key.

The Emtek Athena privacy set is ordered with either a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset, with the standard latch being 2-3/8 inch, so the 2-3/4 inch is a specified selection at the time of order. Among comparable levers, the Cal-Royal AG03 classroom lever is built on a 2-3/4 inch backset while the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is 2-3/8 inch - worth noting because backset is fixed on many locks and adjustable on others. If the existing bore on your door is at 2-3/4 inch from the edge, call out the 2-3/4 inch backset on the Athena and the latch will land on the existing prep.

Not on function. The Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever, while the Bravura Miramar with round trim is a Grade 2 passage leverset in US4 Satin Brass. All three are lever sets on a similar footprint, but passage does not lock and dummy does not latch, so neither serves a bedroom or bathroom door that needs a privacy thumbturn. Bravura's Miramar in US4 Satin Brass does share a finish name with one of the Athena finish options if you are matching passage doors nearby.