English silver open faced key wind chronograph Circa 1871
- Kenmerk
- BB1174
- Diameter
- 48 mm
- Estimate
- € 750 - 1.500
- Price sold
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Silver inking chronograph
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An unusual English silver open faced key wind inking chronograph made by John Carter in London, London Hallmarked for 1871. The gilt English lever movement with a plain three arm balance. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, an outer fifth of a second track with five second markers, an inner minute register with ten minute markers, a blued steel spade minute recording hand, a seconds hand with ink reservoir and spring marker actuated from a plunger in the pendant. An engine turned case. Dial signed, cuvette signed and numbered.
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An unusual English silver open faced key wind inking chronograph made by John Carter in London, London Hallmarked for 1871. The gilt English lever movement with a plain three arm balance. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, an outer fifth of a second track with five second markers, an inner minute register with ten minute markers, a blued steel spade minute recording hand, a seconds hand with ink reservoir and spring marker actuated from a plunger in the pendant. An engine turned case. Dial signed, cuvette signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: John Carter 61 Cornhill London Maker to the Admiralty
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John Carter was born on March 8th, 1804, to clockmaker William Carter in Bermondsey, Southwark, London. Left an orphan at a young age, he was earmarked for a cadet position in the Indian service. Instead, around 1817, he was apprenticed to chronometer maker Boys Err Burrill.
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In 1827, Carter was recorded as a watch and chronometer maker in Tooley Street, London, and in 1829, he became a member of the Clockmakers’ Company. He then also worked for other watchmakers.
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John received numerous awards for his chronometers throughout his career, including at the 1834 and 1835 Greenwich Premium Trials. Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Astronomer and Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, described the quality of his 1838 chronometers as exceptionally good.
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In 1840, Carter established his own business at 61 Cornhill in London. He was known for the excellence of his instruments when he served as a juror at the Imperial Exhibition in Paris in 1855. He was Master of the Clockmakers’ Company and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1864 and 1865, and was also appointed Maker to the Royal Navy.
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John was also socially active. He was Common Councilman in Cornhill from 1842 to 1851, alderman in the same parish in 1851, sheriff in 1852 and form 1859 to 1860 Lord Mayor. He was a Colonel in the London Rifle Brigade, a FRAS by 1830 and FSA in 1853. He was also a founding member of the Jamaica Committee in 1866.
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John Carter died on May 8th, 1878, in Stamford Hill, London.
Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: John Carter 61 Cornhill London Maker to the Admiralty
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John Carter was born on March 8th, 1804, to clockmaker William Carter in Bermondsey, Southwark, London. Left an orphan at a young age, he was earmarked for a cadet position in the Indian service. Instead, around 1817, he was apprenticed to chronometer maker Boys Err Burrill.
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In 1827, Carter was recorded as a watch and chronometer maker in Tooley Street, London, and in 1829, he became a member of the Clockmakers’ Company. He then also worked for other watchmakers.
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John received numerous awards for his chronometers throughout his career, including at the 1834 and 1835 Greenwich Premium Trials. Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Astronomer and Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, described the quality of his 1838 chronometers as exceptionally good.
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In 1840, Carter established his own business at 61 Cornhill in London. He was known for the excellence of his instruments when he served as a juror at the Imperial Exhibition in Paris in 1855. He was Master of the Clockmakers’ Company and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1864 and 1865, and was also appointed Maker to the Royal Navy.
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John was also socially active. He was Common Councilman in Cornhill from 1842 to 1851, alderman in the same parish in 1851, sheriff in 1852 and form 1859 to 1860 Lord Mayor. He was a Colonel in the London Rifle Brigade, a FRAS by 1830 and FSA in 1853. He was also a founding member of the Jamaica Committee in 1866.
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John Carter died on May 8th, 1878, in Stamford Hill, London.
Signed: John Carter 61 Cornhill London Maker to the Admiralty
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