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Victor Kullberg. An 18K gold openface keyless and keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve and Kew Observatory Certificate
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Victor Kullberg. An 18K gold openface keyless and keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve and Kew Observatory Certificate

SIGNED VICTOR KULLBERG, 105, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONDON, NO. 4523, STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LATER FOR 1886

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Victor Kullberg. An 18K gold openface keyless and keywound pocket chronometer with power reserve and Kew Observatory Certificate
Signed Victor Kullberg, 105, Liverpool Road, London, no. 4523, stamped with London date later for 1886
Three quarter plate gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, large bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel helical spring with diamond endstone, free sprung regulator, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, 30 hours power reserve, constant seconds, plain circular case, case stamped with casemaker's initials E.W. and London date letter for 1886, dial and movement signed and numbered
52.5 mm. diam.

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With colour copies of the Kew Register of Watches Received and Dispatched, and an Abstract of the Results, where the watch was tested between 1 September and 15 October 1888, gaining an "A" Certificate with 76.5 marks.

The Swedish 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.