A MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
By Whyte, Thomson & Co, Glasgow & South Shields, No 5710
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£1,200 - £1,800
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Hammer price:
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£1,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The three piece case with brass furniture (later lid), rectangular ivory maker’s label, recessed handles, glazed observation cover, brass bowl and gimbals, with 4 1/8in. silvered dial, signed, MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, No 5710, with subsidaries for seconds and state of wind, the spotted plate movement with bi-metallic compensated balance, blued steel helical spring, Earnshaw detent escapement, chain fusee, together with tipsy key, 18cm square
