Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019

LOT 430

BARRAUD POCKET CHRONOMETER WITH SPECIAL COMPENSATED BALANCE; SILVER

HKD 23,000 - 31,000

CHF 3,000 - 3,950 / USD 3,000 - 4,000

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket chronometer, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and special balance.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-23

Good

Later
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-23-04

Good

Later

HANDS Later

Brand Paul Philipp Barraud

Year circa 1815-1820

Movement No. 9 274

Calibre  19''', full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, spring detent escapement (Earnshaw-type), bimetallic balance (blued steel and probably gold) with large segmental weights and screws and blued steel free-sprung helical hairspring

Case No. 9 274

Material silver

Caliber 19''', full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, spring detent escapement (Earnshaw-type), bimetallic balance (blued steel and probably gold) with large segmental weights and screws and blued steel free-sprung helical hairspring

Dimensions Ø 55.5 mm.

Signature movement

Notes

London, December 5, 1752 ?? 1820 Of Huguenot lineage, he was admitted to the Clockmakers’ Company in 1796 and elected master in 1810 and 1811. Active until 1813, he traded at 85 Cornhill. His sons, John and James, traded as “Barraud & Sons”, from 1813-1836 and at 41 Cornhill until 1838 after which firm became known as “Barraud & Lund”. According to Tony Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World (revised edition, 2004), he and his sons made over one thousand chronometers before his death in 1820. He used Arnold and Earnshaw type detent escapements and Pennington type balances, once they were introduced. With the help of William Howells and George Jamison, he was able to offer a simplified version of the Thomas Mudge chronometers, Green and Blue, to the Admiralty at a price of 90 guineas. His firm was supplied by outside specialists such as Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829).