Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Hong-kong, Jun 08, 2002

LOT 290

Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 03613, AD Fmsz, personal watch of Ferguson Cole, hallmarked 1866-67.Very fine and rare 18K gold double-train Grande et Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch with quarter-repeating.

HKD 70,000 - 86,000

EUR 10,000 - 12,400 / USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: HKD 74,750

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", back with engraved initials, gold hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures, bolt at 11 o'clock for petite or grande sonnerie, another at 1 o'clock for striking/silent. D. Off-white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands.M. 46mm. (20'''1/2), frosted gilt bridge caliber, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement with the lift on the pallets, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, striking and repeating on two gongs, repeater activated by tripping the button in the pendant.Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 52 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

An excellent example of Swiss-English cooperation. The very high-quality movement was made in Switzerland, finished, cased and furnished with its dial in England. The cuvette has an interesting inscription "This Clock Watch Examined, Sprung & Adjusted by Ferguson Cole AD 1868 was accidentally met with twenty years later in Condition unimpaired & purchased for his own use AD. 1888".Both Ferguson Cole and Charles Frodsham were among the most eminent British horologists of the Victorian era. The fact that Cole chose the watch for his personal use says a great deal about the quality of the piece.