Charles Frodsham: An unusual silver fast oscillating 60 second timer, in drum shaped case with back wind, the brushed silvered dial inscribed Char. Frodsham, 84, Strand London, with Arabic five second divisions calibrated in hundreths, sweep centre seconds operated by a button in the pendant, the case with snap on back, the frosted gilt movement with going barrel, the bimetallic balance with flat blued steel hairspring and endcurves, ruby endstone, English lever escapement, and engraved cock, stamped No. 101, the case hallmarked London 1884, with case makers mark C.N E.N

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Charles Frodsham: An unusual silver fast oscillating 60 second timer, in drum shaped case with back wind, the brushed silvered dial inscribed Char. Frodsham, 84, Strand London, with Arabic five second divisions calibrated in hundreths, sweep centre seconds operated by a button in the pendant, the case with snap on back, the frosted gilt movement with going barrel, the bimetallic balance with flat blued steel hairspring and endcurves, ruby endstone, English lever escapement, and engraved cock, stamped No. 101, the case hallmarked London 1884, with case makers mark C.N E.N
75mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The case makers mark refers to Charles Nicole and Emil Nielsen, important watchmakers to Charles Frodsham. Adolphe Nicole, said to be the inventor of the chronograph mechanism, is recorded working in Soho in 1844, Charles Nicole and Emil Nielsen both of Swiss birth are recorded as working at 14 Soho Square, Soho, in 1878

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