Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 302
Grimalde & Johnson No. 6266, bearing the London hallmarks for 1818. Fine 18 ct. gold pocket chronometer, in original mahogany fitted box.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
C. Three body, engine-turned with reede band and integrate cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold "serpent" hands. M. GiIt brass, hinged full plate with cylindrical pillars, the fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, two arm compensated balance with trapezoidal poising weights and timing screws, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond end-stone. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
