Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection
Charles Frodsham, London
A rare silver open-faced pocket chronometer, No. 05245, 1875
No reserve
Lot Closed
December 10, 06:26 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
Movement: spring detent escapement, gilt full-plate movement, free-sprung regulator, fusée-and-chain, blued steel helical hairspring later modified with Guillaume balance, diamond endstone carried in blued steel chaton, back plate engraved Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, AD Fmsz, London, No. 05245
Dial: white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 24-our up-down indicator, gold hands, numbered 05245
Case: silver with gold hinges, case engraved with coat of arms and motto Fide et Fortitudine, numbered 05245, casemaker's mark JO, London Hallmarks for 1875
Signed: dial and movement signed, case with JO casemaker's mark
Diameter: 61 mm