Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 250

Charles John Cope, London, No. 44, with London hallmarks for 1816. Fine 18K gold, pocket chronometer.

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

C. Four body, massive, polished with reeled band. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the name of the owner: "Sir Edmond Nagle I.C.B. (Fright Commander of the Bath) ". D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. Gilt-brass full plate with cylinder pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, two-arm compensation balance of Earnshaw type with trapezoidal weights and timing screws, free sprung blued-steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, gilt-brass balance cock engraved with a mask, flowers and foliage, diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: *4

Fair

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 25-51

Chipped

Partially reprinted

Notes

Charles John Cope, Eminent Chronometer maker. According to Tony Mercer in: Chronometer Makers of the World, N.A.G. Press Ltd.1991, Charles John Cope, London, was a pupil of Earnshaw and Expert on Earnshaw chronometers in 1804. From 1800 to 1830, he was working 38 Berner Street, London, and from 1830 to 1879, in Rathbone Place, London.