$10,620
Charles Frodsham, AD. Fmsz, By Appointment to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, No. 07529. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Made circa 1900. Four-body, “bassine et filets”, solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette. Off-white with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel “spade” hands. Cal. 20’’’, frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, 17 jewels with 4 in screwed châtons, free-sprung lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws and mean-time nuts, blued steel double overcoiled Breguet balance spring, double roller, diamond endstone, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Case hallmarked. Diam. 52 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15
