Lot 48
A mid 19th century two-day mahogany marine chronometer with keyless wind French, Royal Exchange, London, Number 10816
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,600 inc. premium
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French, Royal Exchange, London, Number 10816
The three tiered brass bound box with swing handles to the sides, signed and numbered cartouche to the middle tier and gimballed four inch signed silvered Roman dial with state of wind and seconds subsidiaries and blued steel hands to the signed chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw type detent escapement with freesprung bi-metallic balance with Pennington type auxiliary temperature compensation 16.5cm (6.5in) wide.
The three tiered brass bound box with swing handles to the sides, signed and numbered cartouche to the middle tier and gimballed four inch signed silvered Roman dial with state of wind and seconds subsidiaries and blued steel hands to the signed chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw type detent escapement with freesprung bi-metallic balance with Pennington type auxiliary temperature compensation 16.5cm (6.5in) wide.
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