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Lot 218
Parkinson & Frodsham. An impressive, large and rare 18K gold hunter case two train minute repeating keyless lever grande and petite sonnerie clock watch
SIGNED PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, 15B ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON E.C., NO. 7269, STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1909
Closed14 November 2011
Price Realised
CHF 33,750
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Specialist note
The present watch is one of the exceedingly rare clock watches made by Parkinson & Frodsham.
The case was supplied by Fred Thoms, the movement can be attributed to Charles Hector Golay, trading as Hector Golay, 46 Myddleton Square, London, a Swiss born watchmaker who worked most of his life in London. Golay was the main manufacturer, along with Nicole, Nielsen & Co., of the best English made complicated watch movements at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century. Golay regularly commissioned Frederick or Fred Thoms with the supply of the cases, often fitted with the 'thief-proof' swivel bow.
The case was supplied by Fred Thoms, the movement can be attributed to Charles Hector Golay, trading as Hector Golay, 46 Myddleton Square, London, a Swiss born watchmaker who worked most of his life in London. Golay was the main manufacturer, along with Nicole, Nielsen & Co., of the best English made complicated watch movements at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century. Golay regularly commissioned Frederick or Fred Thoms with the supply of the cases, often fitted with the 'thief-proof' swivel bow.