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Index No. A8112 Rare Regulator Dial Chronograph by Nicole Nielsen
A rare 19th Century English lever chronograph with regulator dial by Nicole Nielsen in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with steel Nicole patent winding work.  Centre seconds flyback chronograph work under the dial.  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 white enamel regulator dial with the lower subsidiary for continuous seconds, the upper showing the hours in Roman numerals.  The minutes and centre seconds flyback chronograph are shown around the edge in Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Slim 18 carat open face case, hinged gold back with engraved monogram, gold cuvette.  Maker's mark "AN" in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
SignedTiffany & Co  New York    Patent 5826
Hallmarked London 1866
Diameter 50 mm
A rare example of this model retailed by Tiffany.  Nicole Nielsen manufactured for many of the eminent watchmaking firms in the second half of the 19th Century.  Adolphe Nicole took out the patent for keyless winding number 10,348 in 1844, and patent number 1461 in 1862 for the flyback chronograph work.
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