Marine Chronometer by Reid & Sons

Its been a long time since I posted anything, here´s a recent one I got...

Reid & Sons Newcastle upon Tyne, it says on the dial, although someone spoiled the lettering by trying to clean it with something which didn´t work well.
The Chronometer came with the extract of rates, as it was entered on trial for purchase by the board of admiralty in 1912.
A rare piece indeed, as it has a Bonniksen carousel movement, at the time considered to be more acurate than than a tourbillon, because the carousel turned once in 52.5 minutes as oposed to Ca once a minute on the tourbillion.
Here what the Crott auctioneers wrote on a prior sale:
"Carousel" watches are a design by the Danish watchmaker B. 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 did with tourbillons. In 1899 Richard Lange improved the design and received a protection of utility patent D.R.G.M 121267 for it. The escapement in a carousel with auxiliary seconds revolves in 52.5 minutes, and thus avoids the variation caused by gravity. Lange only ever produced a small number of carousel watches, most of them in gold cases.
Source: Reinhard Meis "A. Lange & Söhne" published by Callwey, page 180.

I´ve been on the hunt for one for years, last week was my lucky day ;-)

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Here´s a link explaining the two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f82wjlU30Gg

Congratulations, that is a fabulous piece.

What a nice thing to have!

I think Reid & Sons are still to be found in Newcastle.

You have something very special in your hands,how accurate is it nowadays?












No mention of only fools and horses.

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Originally Posted by bwest76

You have something very special in your hands,how accurate is it nowadays?

Under 1 second deviation per day, I was told this could be regulated to even better resuls after a service!










No mention of only fools and horses.

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That's a cracker!!!!

That really is a beautiful thing.

Edited to add: You may wish to consider THIS company if you want to look into having the dial lettering sympathetically restored.

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Originally Posted by Skier

That really is a beautiful thing.

Edited to add: You may wish to consider THIS company if you want to look into having the dial lettering sympathetically restored.

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Very helpfull, thanks for the link...

Cracking watch. Does it have a chronometer (detent) escapement?

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Originally Posted by jools

Cracking watch. Does it have a chronometer (detent) escapement?

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The board of Admiralty only accepted Chronometer watches (as can be seen on the document) ...
Here are a few explainations as to what was/is considered a detent movement!

https://www.timeandwatches.com/p/the...om-marine.html

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Originally Posted by Geronimo

The board of Admiralty only accepted Chronometer watches (as can be seen on the document) ...
Here are a few explainations as to what was/is considered a detent movement!

https://www.timeandwatches.com/p/the...om-marine.html

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So it does, even more envious now:eagerness:

How accurate is it running?

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that is an amazing piece. Congratulations !

What a fantastic find!

Congratulations! And, thank you for sharing photos and information about it; it's both gorgeous and fascinating.
How do you or are you intending on displaying it (at home?)? I think there could be a number of interesting possibilities.
It could be quite a centrepiece or item of interest in (almost) any room.

Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by A.Pottinger

Congratulations! And, thank you for sharing photos and information about it; it's both gorgeous and fascinating.
How do you or are you intending on displaying it (at home?)? I think there could be a number of interesting possibilities.
It could be quite a centrepiece or item of interest in (almost) any room.

Thanks again.

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It's going to be hard to highlight it in my watch room... ;-(