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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 515

Parkinson & Frodsham, London, No. 1290, hallmarked 1819-20. Very fine and unusual, silver pocket chronometer with engraved history of the owner?s travels.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,800 - 10,000 / USD 6,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 13,800

C. Three-body, ?Consular?, polished, fixed cuvette, the back engraved with dates, places and names of the expeditions the chronometer took part in. D. Off-white, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 47 mm., gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, entire escapement jeweled, Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with two wedged weights, two brass and two steel screws, freesprung helical balance spring with terminal curves, single footed cock with diamond endstone. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-14

Good

Damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-17-01

Good

Slightly spotted

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch belonged to a captain in the French Merchant Marine. The back is entirely inscribed with the dates and names of the places visited by the owner, beginning with a South American expedition in 1821, going on to ?Chili, Perou, Brésil?, through the ?Campagne d?Alger?, and finishing in 1852 in Mar de Plata. The center is inscribed ?Souvenir du Capitaine A. Gachot, à F. Juteau?. It is very rare to find a watch whose history and travels are so well documented.