Lot 438
  • 438

A MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER, NO. 1676, DENT, LONDON, CIRCA 1840

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 AUD
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Description

10cm silvered dial with subsidiary seconds dial, fusee movement with maintaining power, Earnshaw's spring detent escape with compensation balance and helical gold plated hair spring, the brass bowl gimbal-mounted in a brass bound case with swing handles, enamel plaque, blued steel hands, signed dial, case and tub



Reference - Hans von Bertele's Marine & Pocket Chronometers - History and Development, page 111, plate 81



Case 16cm square