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CHARLES FRODSHAM, 84 STRAND, LONDON NO. 2614. CIRCA 1855
Details
A Victorian brass-bound rosewood two-day marine chronometer
Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London no. 2614. Circa 1855
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND. LONDON. No. 2614, Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass-bound rosewood box the middle section with later inset wood disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London no. 2614. Circa 1855
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND. LONDON. No. 2614, Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass-bound rosewood box the middle section with later inset wood disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
Provenance
Christie's, London, 26 November, 1996, lot 381
Special notice
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