Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 347
Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 02273, AD. Fmsz, bearing the London Hallmarks for 1867. Fine 18 ct. gold hunting cased watch with power reserve indication.
ITL 2,500 - 3,000
USD 1,700 - 2,000
Sold: ITL 4,600
C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", engineturned. Gold fixed cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale (hair lines). Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Hinged 18?, gilt brass, three quarter plate, with fusee and chain, maintaining power, 15jewels in screwed settings, English lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, free sprung blued steel balance spring with terminal curve, diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial and the movement. In good condition. Diam. 48 mm.
