Barraud. An early silver pair case openface pocket chronometer with Arnold's detent escapement

SIGNED BARRAUD'S, NO. 527, CORNHILL, LONDON, STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1810

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Barraud. An early silver pair case openface pocket chronometer with Arnold's detent escapement
Signed Barraud's, No. 527, Cornhill, London, stamped with London date letter for 1810
With gilt-finished movement, chain fusée, Arnold's spring detent escapement with ruby locking stone, bimetallic Z balance with compensation weights, blued steel helical spiral, free sprung regulator with diamond endstone, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, large subsidiary seconds, in plain inner and outer cases, inner case stamped IR, outer case stamped NG IP, dial and movement signed and numbered
61 mm. overall diam.

Lot Essay

Paul Philip Barraud, born in London in 1752, founded the first "official" Barraud workshop. Several members of the Barraud family of 5 children were respected "horologers" including Paul Philip's father Francis Gabriel, to whom he was apprenticed in 1767. When Paul Philip died in 1820, the manufacture was taken over by his sons John and Frederick Joseph who moved "Barraud & Sons" to the 41 Cornhill address in 1830.

The firm was renamed "Barrauds & Lund" in 1838 when J.R. Lund was taken into the partnership and remained until 1864 when, after his dead, it was changed to "Barraud & Lunds", his sons then being in the business. The name continued but the address changed to 49 Cornhill in 1884.

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