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CHARLES FASOLDT, ALBANY, NEW YORK A POSSIBLY UNIQUE CHRONOMETER DESK TIMEPIECECirca 1870
3 June 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$20,312.50 inc. premium
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Date: Circa 1870
Movement: Gilt bridge pattern, key wound going barrel with visible stop work, Fasoldt's patent co-axial double wheel chronometer escapement, uncut monometallic balance with timing and poising screws, blued overcoiled spring, polished steel micrometer regulator
Dial: Silvered, roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Gilt brass drum with hinged glazed back revealing the movement
Signed: With patent dates: February 1, 1859, April 5, 1864, and March 7, 1865; signed C. Fasoldt, Albany, N.Y on barrel bridge
Size: 3 3/8 in (8.5 cm) diam.
Movement: Gilt bridge pattern, key wound going barrel with visible stop work, Fasoldt's patent co-axial double wheel chronometer escapement, uncut monometallic balance with timing and poising screws, blued overcoiled spring, polished steel micrometer regulator
Dial: Silvered, roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Gilt brass drum with hinged glazed back revealing the movement
Signed: With patent dates: February 1, 1859, April 5, 1864, and March 7, 1865; signed C. Fasoldt, Albany, N.Y on barrel bridge
Size: 3 3/8 in (8.5 cm) diam.