Tho. Earnshaw, Invenit et Fecit, No. 1866, 119 High Holborn, London, with London hallmark for 1832. Fine and extremely rare, 18 ct. gold, minute repeating pocket chronometer. | Important Collectors Wristwatches Pocket Watches & Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 21st October 1995

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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

LOT 113

Tho. Earnshaw, Invenit et Fecit, No. 1866, 119 High Holborn, London, with London hallmark for 1832. Fine and extremely rare, 18 ct. gold, minute repeating pocket chronometer.

CHF 20,000 - 22,000

C. Four body, massive, "forme quatre baguettes", polished, marked "S,C" (Samuel Cuendet). Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with bold. Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel " pear" hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw spring detent escapement and two-arm compensation balance, diamond endstone and free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.

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Note: This watch was made by the son of the celebrated Thomas Earnshaw. The mention Invenit et Fecit refers to the escapement and the compensation balance. By the tune this chronometer was made, minute repeating mechanisms were fairly rare on watches, even more so when fitted on a pocket chronometer.