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11.11.2023 16:30UTC +02:00
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Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH
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Lot 4193 | Taschenuhr: besonders schweres Observatoriums-Chro…
Taschenuhr: besonders schweres Observatoriums-Chronometer in der Qualität "Especially Good KEW A", 1887
Ca. Ø55mm, ca. 166g, 18K Gold, Gehäuse und Werk nummerngleich 52541, sehr seltenes Chronometerwerk mit speziellem Aufzug, Diamantdeckstein, Ankergang, Chronometerunruh, originales Emaillezifferblatt mit Gangreserve-Anzeige, gebläute Stahlzeiger, funktionstüchtig und hervorragend erhalten. Mit 166g handelt es sich um ein äußerst beeindruckendes goldenes Observatoriums-Chronometer in der offenen Ausführung. Dieses Beobachtungs-Chronometer wurde von Alfred Emmanuel Fridlander gefertigt und von Kilpatrick & Co. verkauft. Es war 1888 Teilnehmer am Chronometer-Wettbewerb des Kew Observatory, im Old Deer Park in Richmond, London, und erreichte eine Wertung von 83,1 Punkten und die Prämierung "especially good" in der Kategorie "Kew - Class A" (Zertifikat liegt vor). Der englische Uhrmacher Alfred Emmanuel Fridlander (1840-1928) war einer der erfolgreichsten Uhrenfabrikanten in Coventry. Fridlander fertigte Uhren für verschiedene Einzelhändler, u.a. auch für die bekannte Firma Smith & Son in London, und wurde auch zum "Maker to the Admiralty" ernannt. Die Royal Geographical Society zählte zu Fridlanders renommiertesten Kunden. Zwischen 1878 und 1928 orderte diese Institution bei ihm ca. 40 Beobachtungs-Chronometer für wissenschaftliche Expeditionen.
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