Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 271
Charles Frodsham, Watchmaker to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, No. 04239, ADfmsz, bearing the London Hallmarks for 1870. Fine 18 ct. gold hunting cased minute repeating keyless watch.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 12,650
Four body massive "pomme et filets" engine turned case with reeded band, a monogram engraved on the cover. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and offset subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "pear" hands. GiIt brass 1 9 ' three quarter plate movement with cylindrical pillars, 26 jewels in screwed settings, English lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, balance spring with a terminal curve. Signed on the dial and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 52 mm.
