Charles Frodsham
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Charles Frodsham was a distinguished English horologist, establishing the firm of Charles Frodsham & Co, which remains in existence as the longest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world. In January 2018, the firm launched a new chronometer wristwatch, after sixteen years in development.
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Charles Frodsham premises at 84 Strand
Regulator dial, showing succession to Arnold and Vulliamy businesses
Title page of Charles Frodsham's catalogue of the clocks at Buckingham Palace, April 1854
Grave of Charles Frodsham in Highgate Cemetery
Charles Frodsham, marine chronometer no. 1842
Charles Frodsham tourbillon no. 09182, now at Belmont which holds the record for the highest marks for an English watch gained at the Kew Observatory.
Sidereal regulator now on display at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth in Devon, originally installed at the Solar Physics Observatory in South Kensington.About this person
Charles Frodsham was a distinguished English horologist, establishing the firm of Charles Frodsham & Co, which remains in existence as the longest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world. In January 2018, the firm launched a new chronometer wristwatch, after sixteen years in development. It is the first watch to use the George Daniels double-impulse escapement.
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