Important Collectors Wristwatches Po...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 189
Parkinson & Frodsham, Change Alley, London, No. 1909, circa 1830. Fine and unusual 8 day going marine chronometer with 24 hour dial and power reserve indication.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
C. Brass bound three body mahogany box with external brass handles, brass corners and mountings, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension, the bezel with domed glass. D. 24 hour silvered with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass threequarter plate with main frame and sub-frame, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement and Earnshaw compensation balance, diamond endstone, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Dial diam. 105 mm. Dim. 20 x 19 x 19 cm.
