DESCRIPTION: Charles Frodsham pocket watch with open face tourbillon and keyless lever, features a white enamel dial, signed: (CHAS. FRODSHAM, 03119, AD. FMSZ) with black Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands, large subsidiary seconds, and up-and-down (wind indicator) below twelve o'clock.
Movement engraved: "CHA. FRODSHAM, ST. 84 STRAND, LONDON" AD FMSZ) Numbered: "03119" Case stamped: "14510, JF" Case back stamped: "(Lion left) 510, G, JF, 1" Bow Stamped: "W" (Lion)


Charles Frodsham (1810-1871) was a leading manufacture of high quality clocks, watches, chronometers and regulators. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, Frodsham exhibited a new three-quarter plate calibre signed with the letters "AD. FMSZ", a cryptogram for the year 1850. The code is formed by the numerical sequence of the letters in "Frodsham", with a "Z" for zero. The firm thereafter used the code for its most important timepieces.

CIRCA: 1850–1870
ORIGIN: London
DIMENSIONS: (Case from bow) D: 74.5mm x W: 17.5mm

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CONDITION: Slight wear to crystal edges with mild scratching to case. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.