Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 350
J. R. Arnold, London, Invenit et Fecit, No.2137, Hallmarked London 1818. Fine 18 ct. gold pocket chronometer.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
C. Three body massive, "quatre baguettes", polished with a fixed gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold beetle-and-poker hands. M. Frosted and gilt, full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with maintaining power, typical Arnold spring detent escapement with the detent sunk in the back-plate, two arm "S" type Arnold compensated balance, blued-steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, free-sprung with diamond endstone. Signed on the dial and movement. In good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
