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Lot 11
AN AMERICAN OAK-CASED SHIP’S CHRONOMETER
By Hamilton, Lancaster, type 21 model, the dial No 8783, dated 1941, the movement No 5789-1941
| Estimate: | £200 - £400 |
| Hammer price: | £600 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The two-tier case with hinged glazed cover, brass bowl and gimbals, with screwed bezel and bevelled glass, 4 1/4in circular silvered dial, signed, numbered and dated, with blued steel hands and subsidiaries for state of wind and seconds, the nickel-plated signed movement numbered 5789-1941 with chain fusée, maintaining power, compensated freesprung balance with Earnshaw type detent escapement
19cm square
CONDITION REPORT
With associated key. The movement is running and ticking. Please note mis-matching numbers to dial and movement, perhaps the parts are associated and reconstructed, which may include the box and bowl?