Charles Frodsham AD Fmsz
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Front, Dial, Back, Cuvette, Movement, Edge view of movement, Second edge view of movement After Charles Frodsham purchased the Arnold business from J. R. Arnold's estate he marked his watches "Arnold Charles Frodsham" for a period of time up until he came out with his new ebauche in 1850. For the next 15 to 20 years all higher grade 3/4 plate watches bore the date code AD Fmsz. The code is formed by the sequence of the letters in Frodsham with a Z added to get the digit value 0. This watch has the date code and the serial number 03879. There is also a hallmark in the case for the year 1870. This is not the highest grade produced since some examples were also free sprung in addition to the up/down indicator. It is jeweled to the center with cap jewels on the escape wheel and pallet arbor. This makes it either 20 or 21 jewels, which is unusual for English watches of this period.
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