Barraud & Lunds, London

• gilt finished three-quarter plate movement, ratchet tooth lever escapement, the winding and setting mechanism visible to the back-plate, bi-metallic compensation balance • white enamel dial, central minute recording hand with inking nib, upper subsidiary seconds dial with further inking nib, hour recording dial below • large and heavy plain polished silver case with stepped bezels, stop/start slide to the band at eleven o'clock together with nib-piece for resetting chronograph in tandem with the large knurled winding button, case numbered 3/1075 and hallmarked for London, 1872 • dial and movement signed Barraud & Lunds, 41 Cornhill London, and numbered 3/1075

Cedric Jagger, "Paul Philip Barraud", The Supplement, pp. 224 and 263, pl.XXIII a-b., Antiquarian Horological Society, 

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, p. 408, pl. 261

To date this is the only known example of an inking Chronograph by Barraud & Lunds. 

Fredrick Fatton invented the Inking Chronograph in 1822, see lot 80.

Fifty years later, Barraud & Lunds made an improved chronograph. The firm based their piece on the same principles of the Fatton, but incorporated minute recording ability and keyless winding. Furthermore, the present lot, with a diameter of 85 mm, measures a full 27 mm larger than the Fatton, whose diameter is 58 mm.  

Further differences include the complex winding system, since No. 3/1075 is keyless. Winding occurs by engaging the nib-piece adjacent to the pendant in the band. The keyless work for the going barrel is also located on the top plate, and has two intermediate wheels.

Another unusual feature is the spotted plates, a decorative finish which is normally found on marine chronometers.