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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 369

Widenham, London, No. 125/1013, case hallmarked 1824.Very fine silver pocket chronometer.

HKD 26,000 - 30,000

USD 3,500 - 3,800

Sold: HKD 34,500

C. Two-body, ?Consular?, polished. D. Off-white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold black-painted hands. M. 46.6 mm, hinged, gilt brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and chain, Earnshaw's type spring detent escapement, Z-type balance with circular compensation weights and large timing screws, blued steel helical free-sprung balance spring, solid, engraved cock with diamond endstone, jeweled to the fourth wheel,scapement with endstones.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3 - 28 - 21
Movement: 3 - 21*
Dial: 3 - 01