3,000 CHF
Detent Chronometer August Ericsson, St. Petersburg, No. 1199, movement No. 9865. Made by Ulysse Nardin, Locle, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, keyless, silver and gold deck and pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement and Guillaume balance. Four-body, "bassine”, polished with gold hinges. Hinged silver cuvette. White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. Notes August Ericsson ((1842 - circa 1910) Born in Sweden, he established an impressive business in St. Petersburg, Russia (circa 1875). Most of the marine chronometers supplied to the Imperial Navy were by him, and they generally used Kullberg movements. One of his brothers, Bror, founded the Stockholm Watchmakers Association in 1884. One of August's sons, Alexander, became a chronometer maker.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
