Sold for:
$1,610
$1,610
A. Johansen & Co, 149 Minories, London, circa 1880. Fine and interesting, center-seconds desk chronometer. walnut, two-body, rectangular, hinged. round, silvered, with Roman numerals and outer minute ring, aper-ture at 12 o’clock for the balance. Block “parallel” and spade hands. 90 x 60 mm, rectangular, brass, convert-ed to pivoted detent escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with outer terminal curves, escapement jeweled, winding via a lever protruding below the bezel at 6 o’clock. Dial signed. Dim: height: 14 cm; width and depth: 28cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-03-13
