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A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted two-day marine chronometer, circa 1890
The 93 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and up/down rings, signed BARRAUD/MAKER TO THE/ROYAL/NAVY/41, CORNHILL/LONDON/NO.3110, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with two cylindrical heat compensation weights, steel spring detent and blued steel helical balance, spot-finished plates, brass bowl and gimbal to three-tier box with drop-down handles, the centre section with bone roundel inscribed BARRAUD/3110 and the interior with paper label for MARTIN & CO. of Antwerp -- the box 170 mm. square; key
The 93 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and up/down rings, signed BARRAUD/MAKER TO THE/ROYAL/NAVY/41, CORNHILL/LONDON/NO.3110, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with two cylindrical heat compensation weights, steel spring detent and blued steel helical balance, spot-finished plates, brass bowl and gimbal to three-tier box with drop-down handles, the centre section with bone roundel inscribed BARRAUD/3110 and the interior with paper label for MARTIN & CO. of Antwerp -- the box 170 mm. square; key
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