102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 177
A collection of 3 deck watches
Newsome & Co., Coventry, Movement No. 151089, Case No. 151089, 59 mm, 160 g, circa 1903
A heavy deck chronometer of the Royal Navy with 52,5 minutes carousel according to Bahne Bonniksen with original mahogany box - The watch was entered 1903-1905 in Greenwich
Case: silver, case maker's punch mark "I.J.T.N." (J. Newsome & Co, 14 & 15 Butts, Coventry), military engraving "H.S. 2". Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
"Carousel" watches are a design by the Danish watchmaker Bahne Bonniksen, who registered the patent in 1892 in England. His intention was to create a compromise between the "expensive" tourbillon and a normal chronometer - and he actually achieved better results with his carousel than some of the tourbillons.
Newsome & Co., Coventry, Movement No. 151089, Case No. 151089, 59 mm, 160 g, circa 1903
A heavy deck chronometer of the Royal Navy with 52,5 minutes carousel according to Bahne Bonniksen with original mahogany box - The watch was entered 1903-1905 in Greenwich
Case: silver, case maker's punch mark "I.J.T.N." (J. Newsome & Co, 14 & 15 Butts, Coventry), military engraving "H.S. 2". Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
"Carousel" watches are a design by the Danish watchmaker Bahne Bonniksen, who registered the patent in 1892 in England. His intention was to create a compromise between the "expensive" tourbillon and a normal chronometer - and he actually achieved better results with his carousel than some of the tourbillons.
Sold
estimated
1.500—4.000 €
Price realized
4.900 €