42,480 CHF
Fasoldt Patent Double-Wheel Chronometer Charles Fasoldt, "Patent Chronometer", Albany, N. Y., No. 496. Made circa 1870. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket chronometer with Fasoldt’s patented double-wheel escapement. Four-body, by Humbert, (master mark), No. XX, "bassine et filets", engine-turned covers with polished borders, spring-loaded front cover, engine-turned band. Hinged gold-rimmed glazed cuvette. White enamel, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 46 mm (20’’’), maillechort, parallel bridge caliber, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, Fasoldt patented unidirectional double gold wheel lever chronometer escapement with locking on the large wheel and impulse from the smaller one, large single roller, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, gilded in typical Fasoldt manner, large blued steel Breguet balance spring controlled by Fasoldt patented gold micrometric torsion regulator, patented stem winding mechanism formerly with detachable key for hand-setting, locking slide for the winding crown on the band. Dial and movement signed. Movement also engraved "Pat. Apr 5, 1864 & March 7, 1865”. Case punched "E.H". Diam. 55 mm. Notes Charles Fasoldt (1818-1898) This colorful individual was born in Germany in 1818. After receiving a death sentence for taking part in the 1848 Revolution, he escaped from prison and sailed to the United States. He began
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
