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SIGNED JOHN POOLE, MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, 57 FENCHURCH ST. LONDON., NO. 3471, CIRCA 1865
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JOHN POOLE. A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND ROSEWOOD 7-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
Signed John Poole, Maker To The Admiralty, 57 Fenchurch St. London., No. 3471, circa 1865
With silvered dial, Roman numerals with gold hands, blued steel hands for the up-and-down and seconds dials, movement with spotted plates, main-frame assembly carrying reversed fusee, barrel and center wheel, sub-frame assembly with chain guard carrying remainder of the train, with Earnshaw escapement, cut bi-metallic compensation balance with circular heat compensation weights and Poole's auxiliary blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jeweled locking pallet, the three-tier rosewood box with quarter-round brass edging and brass stringing to front and top lid, the front of the middle section with bone plaque engraved JOHN POOLE, 57, Fenchurch Street, London No. 3471, recessed brass handles
dial 135mm diam., box 240mm square
Signed John Poole, Maker To The Admiralty, 57 Fenchurch St. London., No. 3471, circa 1865
With silvered dial, Roman numerals with gold hands, blued steel hands for the up-and-down and seconds dials, movement with spotted plates, main-frame assembly carrying reversed fusee, barrel and center wheel, sub-frame assembly with chain guard carrying remainder of the train, with Earnshaw escapement, cut bi-metallic compensation balance with circular heat compensation weights and Poole's auxiliary blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jeweled locking pallet, the three-tier rosewood box with quarter-round brass edging and brass stringing to front and top lid, the front of the middle section with bone plaque engraved JOHN POOLE, 57, Fenchurch Street, London No. 3471, recessed brass handles
dial 135mm diam., box 240mm square