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Dent, London
A two-day boxed marine chronometer with prismatic rim balance, No. 3053, Circa 1870
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December 10, 05:40 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
Movement: Dent's prismatic rim-type 2 balance, bi-metallic compensation balance, blued steel helical hairspring, spring detent escapement, free-sprung regulator, fusee and chain
Dial: silvered dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for up-and-down indication for 56-hours, and constant seconds
Case: two-tier brass mahogany box, recessed lacquered brass handles with round medallion signed Dent 3053, interior bowl numbered 3053
Diameter of Dial: 10.16 cm
- For information on Dent's prismatic balance, see Rupert T. Gould, The Marina Chronometer: It's history and Development, p. 185, fig. 71
- For an image of Dent’s Prismatic balance see Vaudrey Mercer, Edward John Dent and his successors p. 608 pl.145.