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Charles Frodsham. An 18K gold openface split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch
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Charles Frodsham. An 18K gold openface split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch

SIGNED CHAS. FRODSHAM, 07469, AD.FMSZ, BY APPOINTMENT TO THE QUEEN, 84, STRAND, LONDON, STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1887

Closed14 November 2011

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Charles Frodsham. An 18K gold openface split seconds chronograph keyless lever watch
Signed Chas. Frodsham, 07469, AD.Fmsz, by appointment to the Queen, 84, Strand, London, stamped with London date letter for 1887
Nicole gilt-finished three-quarter double roller lever movement, winding and chronograph mechanism mounted on the top plate, bimetallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, tinted enamel dial, Roman numerals, two sunk subsidiary dials for 60 minute register and constant seconds, plain circular case, engraved initials HW to the hinged back, turning pendant, chronograph operated through the crown and one button in the band, case numbered and stamped with casemaker's initials HMF for Harrison Mill Frodsham and London date letter for 1887, cuvette numbered and stamped HMF, dial and movement signed and numbered
54 mm. diam.


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With Charles Frodsham & Co. Ltd. Certificate of Origin dated 1 September 2011 confirming that the movement of the present watch was supplied by Nicole at a cost of £55 and that the watch was entered in Frodsham's 1888 stock.

For a detailed description and illustration of a similar split seconds chronograph watch bearing the preceding number 07468 see The English Watch 1585 - 1970 by Terence Camerer Cuss, p. 421.