Lot Essay
The unusual feature of this watch is that the detent, escape wheel and seconds wheel are placed at twelve o'clock of the movement with the detent facing downwards.
SIGNED BARRAUDS', CORNHILL, LONDON, NO. 2/541, 1823
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Barrauds'. An 18 carat gold pocket chronometer
Signed Barrauds', Cornhill, London, no. 2/541, 1823
The gilt brass chain fusee movement with free sprung bimetallic balance and mid range temperature compensation, blued steel helical spiral, diamond endstone with engraved cock, Earnshaw escapement with hanging spring detent, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, large subsidiary seconds at XII, in plain gold paircase with Camerer Cuss watch paper, casemaker's mark WW, dial and movement signed
57 mm. diam.
London 1823
Signed Barrauds', Cornhill, London, no. 2/541, 1823
The gilt brass chain fusee movement with free sprung bimetallic balance and mid range temperature compensation, blued steel helical spiral, diamond endstone with engraved cock, Earnshaw escapement with hanging spring detent, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, large subsidiary seconds at XII, in plain gold paircase with Camerer Cuss watch paper, casemaker's mark WW, dial and movement signed
57 mm. diam.
London 1823