Fine Watches
Fine Watches
Property from the Collection of the Late Henry B. Fried
A heavy sterling silver and yellow gold Karrusel open faced watch, Circa 1800
No reserve
Lot Closed
June 11, 05:11 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: enamel
Caliber: 20’’’ ligne, 52 ½ minute Karrusel with lever escapement, engraved with Admiralty badges to the movement plate
Movement number: 188-9174
Case: silver with yellow gold details, hinged case back with glazed
dust cover Case number: 188-9174, case hallmarked London 1915 and stamped with casemaker’s mark ATO for A.T. Oliver
Size: 54 mm diameter
Signed: dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: with associated Smith & Sons Ltd leather pouch
At the turn of the 20th century, the firm S. Smith and Son was the most prominent London maker of complicated watches. Samuel Smith, a jeweler and watchmaker, started the business in 1851, and worked alongside Nicole Nielsen, who produced watches for Smith. Smith not only manufactured watches, but also produced excellent chronometers, whose performance made the firm a supplier to the Admiralty. Shortly after this recognition, the firm expanded into a large manufacturing company under the supervision of Herbert S.A. Smith. For generations to come, S. Smith & Son remained a family run organization and further developed automobile and aircraft instruments in addition to clocks and watches.