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A rare and impressive late 19th century brass-bound rosewood eight-day marine chronometer with micro-metric balance and exhibition provenance
Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand London, Number 3590

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13 July 2023, 14:00 BST

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A rare and impressive late 19th century brass-bound rosewood eight-day marine chronometer with micro-metric balance and exhibition provenance

Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand London, Number 3590
The three-part brass-bound case with large vacant cartouche on the top lid, the centre section with brass flowerhead button above an ivory signature plaque, Chas Frodsham 84 Strand London No 3590 Eight Days, the lower section with inlaid brass escutcheon and folding handles.
The 4.5-inch silvered dial signed Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No3590 and engraved with twin medallions BY APPOINTMENT TO THE QUEEN and FRENCH, RUSSIAN, ITALIAN GOLD MEDALS OF HONOUR, outer minute band marked with Arabic five-minute numerals framing the Roman chapters, the subsidiary power reserve dial at XII marked from 0-8 with instruction to wind at 7, the large observatory-style subsidiary seconds set between V-VII, all with deep blued steel hands.
The spotted three-quarter plate movement, engraved in the centre Charles Frodsham & Co No. 3590 London with three ringed pillars and maintaining power to the chain fusee, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with diamond endstone and Earnshaw type escapement, the balance on a separate smaller plate with very rare conic-form timing weights and bimetallic crossed strip compensation, sitting in a weighted, gimballed bowl. Ticking with a Tipsy key and a case key. 24cms (9ins) wide
24cms (9ins) wide

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Exhibited 'Your Time', an exhibition by the Northern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society at Prescot Museum, February-April 2008; Williamson Museum & Art Gallery, Birkenhead February-April 2008. Exhibit P59.
Based on the number, it is thought that this chronometer was made around 1882.
The micrometric balance, or as it was marketed, the 'Double Compound Micrometric Equation balance', uses cone shaped weights and three central strips of metal to account for temperature error, including middle temperature error. There is also a collar of brass that partially surrounds the balance, the idea being that, should the fusee chain break, the escapement would still be protected. The escapement was commended when it was introduced around 1862, as allowing the owner to adjust the chronometer's rate without needing to remove the balance.

Blake, W. (1870) Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, Washington: Government Printing Office.

Weltausstellung (1862) International Exhibition of 1862, Official Illustrated Catalogue, London: Her Majesty's Commissioners, Seventh Part.

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Ф	Item contains or is made of ivory
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Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand London, Number 3590