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An English mahogany two-day marine chronometer, circa 1970
The two-tier box with glazed top and plaque to the front THOMAS MERCER LTD/ST.ALBANS./ENGLAND, lacquered brass bowl and gimbal, 100 mm. diameter silvered Arabic dial, 56-hour up/down ring, signed Thomas Mercer, blued steel hands, the centre of the seconds ring numbered 28023, further number behind the dial, chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with helical spring, spot-finished plates -- 7 in. (18 cm.) square, the box; guard box
The two-tier box with glazed top and plaque to the front THOMAS MERCER LTD/ST.ALBANS./ENGLAND, lacquered brass bowl and gimbal, 100 mm. diameter silvered Arabic dial, 56-hour up/down ring, signed Thomas Mercer, blued steel hands, the centre of the seconds ring numbered 28023, further number behind the dial, chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with helical spring, spot-finished plates -- 7 in. (18 cm.) square, the box; guard box
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