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A MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
A. Johannsen, London, No.2719, late 19th Century.
silvered dial signed A. Johannsen, 149 Minories, London, 2719, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, cut bimetallic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights and peripheral timing screws, blued steel helical balance spring, diamond endstone, gimballed in brass bowl, three-tier brass bound mahogany box with signed and numbered plaque and flush handles.
dial diam. 10cm., box 17.5cm. sq.
A. Johannsen, London, No.2719, late 19th Century.
silvered dial signed A. Johannsen, 149 Minories, London, 2719, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, cut bimetallic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights and peripheral timing screws, blued steel helical balance spring, diamond endstone, gimballed in brass bowl, three-tier brass bound mahogany box with signed and numbered plaque and flush handles.
dial diam. 10cm., box 17.5cm. sq.
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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.