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Victor Kullberg, made for A. Ericsson. A large silver openface keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve
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Victor Kullberg, made for A. Ericsson. A large silver openface keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve

SIGNED A. ERICSSON, ST. PETERSBURG, NO. 478, CASE NO. 6727 AND STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1899

Closed15 November 2010

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Victor Kullberg, made for A. Ericsson. A large silver openface keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve
Signed A. Ericsson, St. Petersburg, No. 478, case no. 6727 and stamped with London date letter for 1899
Full plate gilt-finished cylinder movement, chain fusée, large bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel helical spring with diamond endstone, free sprung regulator, silver cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, two sunk subsidiary seconds for power reserve and constant seconds, plain circular case, pink gold hinges, case numbered, stamped with casemaker's initials FT for Fred Thoms and London date letter for 1889, dial and movement signed A. Ericsson and numbered
64 mm. diam.

Specialist note

The Swedish watchmaker August Ericsson (1842-c1910) opened a flourishing workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia around 1875. He supplied a large part of the marine chronometers to the Imperial Navy, generally using movements made by the renowned chronometer maker Victor Kullberg, also a Swede. After August's death his son Alexander continued the business.

The chronometer maker Victor Kullberg (1824-1890) set up business in England in 1856 and specialized in highly precise pocket and marine chronometers which often excelled at the Greenwich Observatory contests.

The case of the present watch was supplied by Fred Thoms, renowned for his high quality cases which he supplied to the best English watchmakers.