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Thomas Mercer. An English coromandel, brass-bound and inlaid two-day marine chronometer, the chronometer 1920/21
The associated box circa 1880, with recessed handles and applied mother-of-pearl plaque, the silvered and engraved 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diameter dial signed Thomas Mercer,MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN, COLONIAL & U.S.A. GOVERNMENTS./London & St. Albans. and numbered 11923, with 56-hour up/down dial, also numbered to the bowl, rear of dial and back plate, the latter spot-finished, chain fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw's spring detent with helical spring -- 7 in. (18 cm.) square, the box
The associated box circa 1880, with recessed handles and applied mother-of-pearl plaque, the silvered and engraved 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) diameter dial signed Thomas Mercer,MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN, COLONIAL & U.S.A. GOVERNMENTS./London & St. Albans. and numbered 11923, with 56-hour up/down dial, also numbered to the bowl, rear of dial and back plate, the latter spot-finished, chain fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw's spring detent with helical spring -- 7 in. (18 cm.) square, the box
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