BARRAUD'S, LONDON, NO. 474. CIRCA 1815

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A REGENCY BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
BARRAUD'S, LONDON, NO. 474. CIRCA 1815
BOX: three tier brass-bound box, drop handles, ivory plaque inscribed 'The/Time', brass bowl and gimbal DIAL: 100 mm. diameter silvered dial with state of wind aperture to XII, subsidiary seconds below, signed 'Barraud's/Cornhill LONDON/474', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: main-frame carrying fusee with Harrison's maintaining power, barrel and centre wheel, sub frame with remainder of train and Earnshaw's detent escapement to cut bimetallic Pennington balance with brass cross arm and brass affixes at extremities, blued steel helical balance spring
The box -- 7½ in. (19 cm.) high; 7¼ (18.5 cm.) square

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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The firm Barraud was established by the eminent chronometer maker Paul Philip Barraud (1752-1820), whose sons followed him into the business. The company became Barraud & Lund in 1838, trading at 41 Cornhill until 1889.