Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 21, 2003

LOT 255

Charles Frodsham, 81 Strand, London, No. 06545, AD Fmsz, Nicole Nielsen chronograph, hallmarked1882-83.Very fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, split-seconds chronograph watch.

C. four-body, "bassine et filets" polished gold hinged cuvette. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, outermost seconds scale with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds at 3 o'clock. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. 43 mm, gilt brass 3/4 plate, 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with the lift on the pallets, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, Nicole Nielsen winding and chronograph work.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 54 mm.