Lot Essay
Hans Staeger lists several watches around this production number with dates varying from 1804 to 1811.
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SIGNED JNO. R. ARNOLD, LONDON, NO. 3552, 1809
Details
Arnold. A cylinder pocketwatch movement in later 9 carat gold paircases
Signed Jno. R. Arnold, London, No. 3552, 1809
The frosted gilt chain fusee movement with chased and engraved cock, ruby endstone, steel cylinder escapement with brass 'scape wheel, five-armed steel balance with blued steel hairspring and bimetallic temperature curb on the regulator, start/stop lever under the rim, with dust ring, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, large subsidiary seconds, gold spade hands, in later 9 carat gold paircases, dial signed, movement signed and numbered
47 mm. diam. dial
Signed Jno. R. Arnold, London, No. 3552, 1809
The frosted gilt chain fusee movement with chased and engraved cock, ruby endstone, steel cylinder escapement with brass 'scape wheel, five-armed steel balance with blued steel hairspring and bimetallic temperature curb on the regulator, start/stop lever under the rim, with dust ring, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, large subsidiary seconds, gold spade hands, in later 9 carat gold paircases, dial signed, movement signed and numbered
47 mm. diam. dial
Literature
Hans Staeger, 100 Years of Precision Timekeepers from John Arnold to Arnold & Frodsham 1763-1862, 1997, pp. 453 and 455