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A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer, circa 1860
The 90 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary up/down (inscribed EIGHT/DAY) and seconds rings, signed Morris Tobias./31 Minories London/548, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with two segmental heat compensation weights, steel spring detent and blued steel helical spring, spot-finished top plate with repeat signature, numbered brass bowl and gimbal to three-tier brass-bound box with drop-down handles, the centre section with bone plaque inscribed 548 -- the box 175 mm. square; key
The 90 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary up/down (inscribed EIGHT/DAY) and seconds rings, signed Morris Tobias./31 Minories London/548, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with two segmental heat compensation weights, steel spring detent and blued steel helical spring, spot-finished top plate with repeat signature, numbered brass bowl and gimbal to three-tier brass-bound box with drop-down handles, the centre section with bone plaque inscribed 548 -- the box 175 mm. square; key
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