Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...

New York, Park Lane Hotel, Dec 15, 1998

LOT 183

Charles Frodsham, 7 Pavement, Finsbury Square, London, No. 1861, circa 1850. Fine rosewood 56 hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

C. Three body rosewood box with brass corners, Fixings and external brass handles the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold "pear" hands. M. Polished finished brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with trapezoidal weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone, free sprung blued-steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial. Dial chain. 82 mm. Dim. 15,5 x 15,5 x 16 cm.