
Bonniksen. A fine 18ct gold early 20th Century open face chronograph pocket watch with 52 1/2 minute Bonniksen Karrusel regulator London Hallmark for 1907
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Bonniksen. A fine 18ct gold early 20th Century open face chronograph pocket watch with 52 1/2 minute Bonniksen Karrusel regulator
English Karrusel movement signed on the plate and numbered 57628, white enamel dial with black painted Roman numerals and outer five minute divisions, large subsidiary seconds at 6, blued steel spade hands, polished hinged Frederick Thoms case with engraved dedication on the gold cuvette, and monogrammed front case, movement signed
54mm.
Footnotes
Bahne Bonniksen (1859-1935) worked at 16 Norfolk St, Spoon End, Coventry but he was born in Denmark and completed his horological apprenticeship under T. D. Wright in London. Wright was later appointed lecturer at the Northampton Polytechnic, London for his work on the theory of chronometer manufacture. After completing his apprenticeship, Bonniksen moved to Coventry where he set up his own workshop.
Bonniksen worked with three different rotational speeds for his karussel: 52 and 1/2 minute (as per his original patent), 34 minutes, and 39 minutes whereby the entire escapement to revolve within the watch once. This unit is supported at one end only as opposed to the tourbillon which is supported at both ends and which most often revolves about once a minute. (See the English Dictionary of Jewellery)