Six-Minute Tourbillon A

Six-Minute Tourbillon A. G. Randall, Birmingham, No. 11.Made in 1981 froman ebauche, with dial by JosephWhite & Son, Coventry, London, Makers to the Admiralty, the case with London hallmarks for 1980. Very fine and unique, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket lever chronometer with six minute tourbillon regulator. Three-body, heavy, "bassine et filets", polished, mastermark MRM (Mathews). Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel pear hands. Notes Anthony G. Randall was born in 1938 at Beaconsfield (Bucks). Since toys could not be bought during this period, children were forced to invent their own amusements using second-hand toys or what they could make for themselves. This contributed to an early fascination with mechanical objects which gradually turned to mending and repair. At the age of nine, Randall was sent to boarding school at Eastbourne. In his mid-teens, still at school, he was repairing docks and watches on a regular basis and began to pester local jewelers for tools and materials. He was offered a part-time job in Eastbourne, from Geoff Lee. Here he helped to repair clocks - especially carriage docks requiring a great deal of hard work - receiving instruction and tools in lieu of payment. Unfortunately, at the time, career prospects at the bench in horology were not good, so Randall continued his education at Manchester University, finishing in 1960 with a deg Read more…