DESCRIPTION:
EPW - Barraud, 85 Cornhill, London (Paul Philip Barraud, member Clockmakers Company from 1796 until his death in 1820, his sons continuing as maker of watches for the Royal Navy through 1860), early fusee pocket chronometer, 63mm, sterling silver OF original pair cases bearing London hallmarks for 1800, casemaker's incuse mark "T.G" yielding several possibilities, KWKS, signed and numbered WED with subsidiary seconds, gold hands, blued seconds, fully capped Arnold free-sprung spring detent escapement with helical HS, capped third and fourth wheels, balance with auxiliary compensation, gilt mvt with engraved foliate scrolled balance cock, s#206. This eminent maker worked with Howells and Jamison on the Mudge chronometers, used both Arnold and Earnshaw escapements, and was joined in business by three sons, the first in 1806. As such, this is one if his early works, dating immediately after the Mudge project and before his sons joined him. Gross weight of assembled watch 120.0 dwt (186.6 g).
CONDITION:
Mvt: GRO, good balance motion, good escapement function, plates show excellent gilding, little oxide on steel components; dial with small edge crack at 5; hands near mint; original outer case shows very light wear, some black tarnish, many MFS and some FS, no dents or dings; concealed button latch good; original inner case shows little wear, some MFS, no dents or dings; bow & pendant original, junction tight; good domed glass crystal. An excellent example.
ESTIMATE:
$4000
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$6000
PRICE SOLD:
$9200
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