Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Sep 28, 2022
LOT 153
Longines for Aug. Ericsson
Pocket watch, split-seconds chronograph, minute counter, calibre 19.73 N; stainless steel
HKD 11,900 - 23,800
EUR 1,500 - 3,000 / CHF 1,500 - 3,000 / USD 1,550 - 3,100
Sold: HKD 14,875
Stainless steel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications:
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single round-shaped push-piece located on the winding-crown)
· Split-seconds (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 11 o’clock)
· Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
White colour enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold "Spade" hands.
Case-back polished; cuvette (dome) polished and engraved with the name of the retailer.
19’’’, calibre 19.73 N, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; chronograph work and split-seconds work on the top plate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)
Model made for August Ericsson, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Year circa 1910-1912
Movement No. 2 863 414
Case No. 2 863 414
Material stainless steel
Diameter 54.8 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, 19.73 N, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 111.7 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial and case (by the retailer)
Notes
Ericsson, August (1842-c.1915)
August Ericsson was born in 1842 in Kristinehamn, Värmland County, Sweden. After training as a watchmaker, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1865. In 1873, following the untimely death of Gustav Viktor Pihl (1846-1873), successor of Bernhard Wilhelm Pihl (?-1860), he took over the workshop of these watchmakers from Pohja (or Pojo), near Helsinki, Region of Uusimaa (Finland). In 1885, he developed the manufacture of marine chronometers, which he supplied in particular to the Russian Imperial Navy. In 1889, he obtained a position at the observatory of Pulkowa (near St. Petersburg). He is considered to be one of the best watchmakers and timekeepers of his time.
Ericsson also commercialised pocket watches, with or without horological complications, and quality deck-chronometers which he ordered in Switzerland from IWC, Longines, Patek Philippe and Ulysse Nardin, and in England from Victor Kullberg. He supplied watches to the Russian imperial family and also became Watchmaker to the Swedish Court. His flourishing business continued for a few years after his death (circa 1915) and seemed to disappear with the October Revolution.
One of his brothers, Bror Ericsson, founded the Stockholm Watchmakers’ Association in 1884. One of his sons, Alexander Ericsson, also became a manufacturer of marine chronometers.
Ericsson also commercialised pocket watches, with or without horological complications, and quality deck-chronometers which he ordered in Switzerland from IWC, Longines, Patek Philippe and Ulysse Nardin, and in England from Victor Kullberg. He supplied watches to the Russian imperial family and also became Watchmaker to the Swedish Court. His flourishing business continued for a few years after his death (circa 1915) and seemed to disappear with the October Revolution.
One of his brothers, Bror Ericsson, founded the Stockholm Watchmakers’ Association in 1884. One of his sons, Alexander Ericsson, also became a manufacturer of marine chronometers.