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circa 1840, the unsigned white dial, 40mm diameter, marked 2/3810, with black Roman numerals, gold coloured spade hands, subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock and chemin de fer chapter ring, front loading signed mechanical key wind fusée movement number 2/3810, case, 45mm diameter, with very worn engine turned engraving around a central circular cartouche engraved with the crest of BEAUCHAMP, verso similarly decorated, interior with London hallmarks for 18ct gold, casemaker WR, probably William Rowlands, 87.7g gross and presented in the original gold tooled and liveried fitted case with the winding keyFootnote: Barraud and Lund are recognised as one of the finest makers of precision clocks in the nineteenth century.The company, founded in 1838, was a partnership between Frederick Joseph Barraud and John Richard Lund. Barraud was the son of famous clockmaker, Paul Philip Barraud, and Lund was a horological inventor who had been apprenticed to John Pennington.They developed a thriving business all over the world, including an office in Calcutta and they supplied watches and chronometers to Wm. C. Bond and Company of Boston, USA. The first American railroad watches were Barraud & Lunds, sold to the Vermont Railroad by Bond & Co.Barraud died in 1859 and Lund in 1868, with members of both families continuing the business thereafter.

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