30,680 CHF
“Clockwatch, Trip Minute-Repeater” Charles Frodsham, 84, Strand, London, No. 06077, ADFMSZ. The case with London hallmarks for 1878 – 1879. Entered in the registers in 1880. Extremely fine, trip minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased, two-train, grande and petite sonnerie keyless clockwatch. Accompanied by a Frodsham certificate. Four-body, heavy, “bassine et filet”, by Alfred Stram (master mark), polished, protected hand-setting button. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 46 mm., 20’’’, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 29 jewels, two-train, tandem winding, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a trip-slide on the band, strike/silent lever and grande/petite sonnerie selection lever protruding from the bezel. Dial and movement signed. Case punched with Alfred Stram’s mark “AS”. Diam. 57 mm. Notes Charles Frodsham (1810-1871). Was the most celebrated of the Frodsham family, with its numerous watchmakers, and was a prominent maker of very high grade chronometers and watches. For the 1851 exhibition, they introduced a three-quarter plate caliber which they marked “AD.FMSZ”, which continued subsequently to be put on all their highest grade work. In 1868 he devised a form of electrical contact for taking signals for chronometers. The company he founded continued after his dea
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
