English gold pocket chronometer with tourbillon Circa 1904
- Kenmerk
- SA2737
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 27.500 - 55.000
- Price sold
- € 34.950
Gold pocket chronometer with tourbillon and 24-hour reserve
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A fine English yellow gold open faced keyless pocket chronometer with tourbillon and 24-hour reserve, circa 1904, brass gilt half plate movement, one-minute Nicole Nielsen type equidistant three-arm tourbillon carriage, lateral lever escapement, Guillaume balance, gold cuvette.
Silver matte dial, champlevé Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, subsidiary seconds, up and down indication for power reserve, polished case with moulded bezels, dial and movement signed S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, London, Makers to the Admiralty and the Indian Government, hallmarked London 1904, case makers mark SS.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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A fine English yellow gold open faced keyless pocket chronometer with tourbillon and 24-hour reserve, circa 1904, brass gilt half plate movement, one-minute Nicole Nielsen type equidistant three-arm tourbillon carriage, lateral lever escapement, Guillaume balance, gold cuvette.
Silver matte dial, champlevé Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, subsidiary seconds, up and down indication for power reserve, polished case with moulded bezels, dial and movement signed S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, London, Makers to the Admiralty and the Indian Government, hallmarked London 1904, case makers mark SS.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Smith & Son London
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Founded in 1871, Smith & Sons was one of London’s best known purveyors of high quality and complicated watches. Makers to the admiralty and government of the United Kingdom and India, their watches and Kew rated chronometers utilised the English Nicole, Nielsen and Co or Swiss movements. The Tourbillon developed by Abraham-Louis Breguet circa 1795 was designed to counteract the effect of gravity on a watch’s timekeeping ability by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in such a way that it will rotate independently from the rest of the timepiece.
Signed: Smith & Son London
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Founded in 1871, Smith & Sons was one of London’s best known purveyors of high quality and complicated watches. Makers to the admiralty and government of the United Kingdom and India, their watches and Kew rated chronometers utilised the English Nicole, Nielsen and Co or Swiss movements. The Tourbillon developed by Abraham-Louis Breguet circa 1795 was designed to counteract the effect of gravity on a watch’s timekeeping ability by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in such a way that it will rotate independently from the rest of the timepiece.
Signed: Smith & Son London
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