Victor Kullberg open-face karrusel deck watch, No. 7428
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1913
Maker / issuer
Victor KullbergThis Royal Navy deck watch bearing serial number 7428 is housed in an open-face silver case hallmarked for Birmingham 1897–98. The source reports it was supplied as a semi-completed, cased movement by Bahne Bonniksen in Coventry before being finished by Victor Kullberg.
The movement features an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement mounted on a 52-minute karrusel carriage. Its two-piece white enamel dial displays Roman hour numerals, outer Arabic five-minute divisions, and blued steel hands with centre seconds, signed below XII with a broad arrow mark. Ordered by the Admiralty in February 1913, the watch remained in naval service until 1945.
Evidence at a glance
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Technical characteristics
- Type
- Pocket chronometer & deck watch
- Case Hallmarks
- Birmingham 1897-98 with sponsor's mark C.H
- Place recorded
- United Kingdom
- Maker / attribution
- Victor Kullberg
- Admiralty Order Date
- February 1913
- Movement Inscription
- Victor Kullberg London / ↑ / No.7428
- Escapement and Carriage
- Earnshaw spring detent escapement on a Bonniksen-type 52-minute karrusel
Design
- Visible features
- • Open-face silver case with fluted gilt onion-form winding crown and hallmarks visible on the pendant. • A brass push-piece for hand setting projects at approximately the 1 o'clock position. • Two-piece white enamel dial marked with black Roman numerals, an outer minute track, and Arabic five-minute figures. • Dial signed below XII: 'KULLBERG / LONDON / 7428' above an Admiralty broad arrow mark. • Blued steel spade hour and poker minute hands, accompanied by a central seconds pointer with a counterpoised tail.
- Construction and Assembly
- The movement is a gilt-brass going barrel half-plate construction with three turned pillars secured by polished and blued steel screws. The watch was supplied to the Kullberg firm by Bahne Bonniksen in Coventry as a semi-completed, cased unit lacking an escapement. Records indicate the case was manufactured circa 1897, with the movement sent to Kullberg in May 1903. Finishing efforts were intermittent, beginning in 1904, ceasing a year later, and resuming briefly in 1909, prior to the Admiralty order in February 1913.
- Case and External Observations
- The movement is housed in a silver open-face case hallmarked for Birmingham 1897–98, stamped with the sponsor's mark 'C.H'. External components include a gilt winding crown and a brass push-piece for hand setting positioned at 1 o'clock. The watch is associated with a three-tier mahogany deck box, which contains a brass insert and is fitted with a screwed brass bezel.
- Dial and Escapement Configuration
- The watch features an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with a compensation balance and a blued steel spiral balance spring with overcoil. This mechanism is mounted on a Bonniksen-type 52-minute karrusel carriage. The two-piece white enamel dial displays Roman hour numerals and Arabic five-minute figures. It is signed 'KULLBERG / LONDON / 7428' above an Admiralty broad arrow. The hands include blued steel spade and poker hour and minute hands, and a central seconds pointer with a counterpoised tail.
Identification
- Serial number
- 7428
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: The three-tier mahogany deck box described in the collection record is not shown in the primary watch image.