$2,990
“Precision Timekeeper” August Ericsson, St. Petersburg, No. 1263, movement No. 12226. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, keyless, silver deck and pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement and guillaume balance. Four-body, "Empire", solid, polished with gold hinges and pendant, silver hinged cuvette. White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes August Ericsson (1842 - circa 1910) Born in Sweden, he established a very impressive business in St. Petersburg, Russia, around 1875. Most of the marine chronometers supplied to the Imperial Navy were made 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:
2005-09-28
