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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 18

Arnold, Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 8623, A

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,000 / USD 9,000 - 10,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned back, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette, pushbutton at 6 for split-seconds activation. D. White enamel, eccentric radial Roman chapter ring to the right with outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?spade? hands. Up-and-down indicator to the left, central seconds with divisions on the outermost with five-minute Arabic markers. M. 45 mm, frosted gilt, half-plate, fusee with Harrison?s maintaining power and chain, 16 jewels, Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws and platinum mean time ones, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring, diamond endstone, split-seconds set on the chronograph arbor in the manner of Winnerl..Dial and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 -14

Damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 12 - 01

Notes

The movement of this watch is punched with the stamp ?Gold Medal of Honor, Paris 1855?. The combination of a chronometer escapement, split-seconds and winding indicator is most unusual.