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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER FROM R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE SILVERED DIAL SIGNED AND NUMBERED JOSEPH SEWILL 61 SOUTH CASTLE ST LIVERPOOL MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY 5917, ROMAN HOUR NUMERALS, SUBSIDIARY SECONDS AND UP-AND-DOWN DIALS, BLUED STEEL HANDS, EARNSHAW ESCAPEMENT, MERCER FLAT STRIP DETENT TO SIDE OF BARKING BLOCK, CUT BI-METALLIC BALANCE, PALLADIUM HELICAL BALANCE SPRING, BRASS BOWL AND GIMBAL, 3-TIER BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY BOX (ASSOCIATED LID-NOT ORIGINAL), CIRCULAR PLAQUE TO FRONT OF MIDDLE SECTION INSCRIBED JOSEPH SEWILL 5917 LIVERPOOL. DIAL DIAMETER - 4¼IN (10.5 CM)
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NOTE: ACCOMPANYING THE CHRONOMETER IS A RATE CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED BY S. SMITH & SONS (ENGLAND) LTD. KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION DATED AT GLASGOW 7TH MARCH 1966, ISSUED TO R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH. THE FAMOUS LINER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HONG KONG IN JANUARY 1972.
THE CHRONOMETER WAS MADE BY THOMAS MERCER LTD. IN 1939 AND CARRIES THEIR NUMBER 15217
SEE ILLUSTRATION
NOTE: ACCOMPANYING THE CHRONOMETER IS A RATE CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED BY S. SMITH & SONS (ENGLAND) LTD. KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION DATED AT GLASGOW 7TH MARCH 1966, ISSUED TO R.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH. THE FAMOUS LINER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HONG KONG IN JANUARY 1972.
THE CHRONOMETER WAS MADE BY THOMAS MERCER LTD. IN 1939 AND CARRIES THEIR NUMBER 15217