Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 68Ф,Y
A good second quarter of the century mahogany cased two day marine chronometer Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird Ltd, Hillington, Glasgow, SW2.
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,088 inc. premium
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A good second quarter of the century mahogany cased two day marine chronometer
Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird Ltd, Hillington, Glasgow, SW2.
The three part case with brass-bound corners and recessed campaign-style side handles, with applied ivory number plaque to the front. The signed 4 inch silvered Roman dial with minute track framing the power reserve dial (marked in 8 hour increments with instruction to wind at 24 hours) and the Arabic subsidiary seconds dial, with good blued steel hands, suspended in a numbered brass bowl in lockable gimbals. The chain fusee movement with spotted plates, maintaining power to the Earnshaw type detent escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, palladium helical hairspring, and diamond endstone in a blued steel double-screwed chaton. Running, and sold with a safety winding key. 18cms (7ins) wide.
The three part case with brass-bound corners and recessed campaign-style side handles, with applied ivory number plaque to the front. The signed 4 inch silvered Roman dial with minute track framing the power reserve dial (marked in 8 hour increments with instruction to wind at 24 hours) and the Arabic subsidiary seconds dial, with good blued steel hands, suspended in a numbered brass bowl in lockable gimbals. The chain fusee movement with spotted plates, maintaining power to the Earnshaw type detent escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, palladium helical hairspring, and diamond endstone in a blued steel double-screwed chaton. Running, and sold with a safety winding key. 18cms (7ins) wide.
Footnotes
Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird, originally founded by James White in 1850 as a maker of optical instruments, evolved from its early collaborations with William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) to become a significant producer of electrical and nautical instruments. After several name changes and partnerships, including a brief alliance with John Barr, the firm adopted its final name in 1913. It specialized in ship's compasses, sounding machines, and electric measuring devices, and expanded into aircraft instruments by the late 1930s. In 1947, it merged with Henry Hughes and Son to form Kelvin and Hughes, eventually becoming part of S. Smith and Sons in 1951.
Provenance:
A private UK collection for 47 years, purchased by the vendor from Pearl Cross Ltd, Jewellery and Antique Dealers, St. Martins Lane, London 7th December 1977, £495.
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