Victor KULLBERG, 105 Liverpool Road, London
A group of rare adverts placed by this most important firm of chronometer makers.
£20.00
Six original and different adverts extracted from the Horological Journal, the earliest being from 1868 and the last from 1932. Approximate advert size 7 x 4 ins (17.7 x 10 cm)
Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Road, London, the most famous chronometer maker of his generation, described in Britten (6th edition) as “one of the most brilliant and successful horologists of the 19th century.” Noted for their general quality of workmanship as well as their success in many Chronometer Trials, the firm is known for their use of the reverse fusee and middle-temperature-error compensation balances, both flat-rim and split-rim. The Kullberg Records survive, in part, and can be consulted via the Clockmakers’ Company Library held at London’s Metropolitan Archives.
NB: When bound, the non-paginated advert sections within the HJ were almost always removed and discarded, as can be seen (or rather not seen) in the copy digitised and made available on the website run by the Antiquarian Horological Society. Complete individual copies of the HJ are almost never now encountered, so these original adverts are truly rare survivors extracted from the few loose copies I have managed to purchase over the last fifty years. I don’t expect to see/get any more.
I have imaged just one of the adverts, the others are different. The paper showing some of the expected age browning, but generally in good clean and complete condition. Ideal for research and/or framing.
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Six original and different adverts extracted from the Horological Journal, the earliest being from 1868 and the last from 1932. Approximate advert size 7 x 4 ins (17.7 x 10 cm)
Victor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Road, London, the most famous chronometer maker of his generation, described in Britten (6th edition) as “one of the most brilliant and successful horologists of the 19th century.” Noted for their general quality of workmanship as well as their success in many Chronometer Trials, the firm is known for their use of the reverse fusee and middle-temperature-error compensation balances, both flat-rim and split-rim. The Kullberg Records survive, in part, and can be consulted via the Clockmakers’ Company Library held at London’s Metropolitan Archives.
NB: When bound, the non-paginated advert sections within the HJ were almost always removed and discarded, as can be seen (or rather not seen) in the copy digitised and made available on the website run by the Antiquarian Horological Society. Complete individual copies of the HJ are almost never now encountered, so these original adverts are truly rare survivors extracted from the few loose copies I have managed to purchase over the last fifty years. I don’t expect to see/get any more.
I have imaged just one of the adverts, the others are different. The paper showing some of the expected age browning, but generally in good clean and complete condition. Ideal for research and/or framing.