SIGNED CHRONOMETERWERKE WEMPE, HAMBURG, NO. 6843, MANUFACTURED IN 1958

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Wempe. A gilt brass two day marine chronometer with original certificate and box
Signed Chronometerwerke Wempe, Hamburg, No. 6843, manufactured in 1958
The brass chain fusée movement with Earnshaw escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance with four cylindrical heat compensation weights stamped RGG in a triangle for Richard Griesbach, free sprung regulator, polished white metal helical balance spring, the silvered dial with black painted Arabic numerals, two subsidiary dials indicating 58 hours power reserve and constant seconds, in gilt bowl with gilt screw bezel, gimballed in two-tier lacquered mahogany box containing a gilt key and with glazed aperture in the top, set with a metal plaque signed Chronometerwerke Wempe Hamburg No. 6843, movement plates stamped 43, dial signed and numbered
Dial 114 mm. diam., box 185 mm. high

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Accompanied by original Begleitschein für Chronometer Nr. 6843 confirming that the present chronometer was tested between October 1959 and March 1960. It furthermore confirms its destination, the vessel "Esso Hannover".

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