Charles Frodsham, London

• gilt half plate movement, ratchet-tooth lever escapement, free-sprung, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, screw-set jewels, reverse fusee, winding square to the fusee arbor and over the centre wheel to allow set-up and testing prior to casing, engraved signature medallions to the back-plate • 18k gold plain polished cuvette, silvered dial with engraved Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, sector for up-and-down indication, blued steel spade hands • 18k gold heavy gold hunting case, both covers plain, olivetted hand-set push, thief-proof bow • case with London hallmarks for 1909, hallmarked gold pendant and bow, all covers with maker's mark HMF for Harrison Mill Frodsham • dial signed and numbered, movement signed By Appointment to the King, Chas. Frodsham 115 New Bond St., late of 84 Strand, London, no. 09299

Sotheby's Geneva, 17th May 2000, lot 101

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, p. 449, pl. 292

The present lot is an excellent example of the high quality English watchmakers were producing before the First World War.  The dial demonstrates continued creativity and the ability to produce attractive designs. The movement was supplied by Nicole Nielsen & Co and based on an ebauche supplied by Joseph Preston & Sons, Prescot, Lancashire.  Nicole Nielsen was closely associated with Frodsham’s during the first part of the 20th Century.