A10009
Gold Half Hunter Chronograph by Nicole Nielsen
£4,700.00
Signed Dent - Watchmaker to the Queen - 61 Strand & 34 Royal Exchange London
Hallmarked London 1874
Hallmarked London 1874
A fine 19th Century English lever chronograph by Nicole Nielsen in a gold half hunter case.
Diameter 52 mm
Out of stock
Description
A fine 19th Century English lever chronograph by Nicole Nielsen in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement, going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph and subsidiary for continuous seconds at 9 o'clock. Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Engine turned 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Clip on back, maker's mark “AN” in a rectangle. number corresponding to that on the movement.
Dent often retailed watches from other makers. Nicole Nielsen manufactured for many of the eminent watchmaking firms in the second half of the 19th Century. Some were also retailed in other countries such as Australia and America, Tiffanys being one of their principal customers. Adolphe Nicole took out the patent for keyless winding in 1844..
