COPE & MOLYNEUX, NO. 403, CIRCA 1820
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A George IV one-day marine chronometer
Cope & Molyneux, No. 403, circa 1820
The silvered dial signed and numbered Cope & Molyneux LONDON 403, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI), blued steel hands, pinned frames, Earnshaw escapement, 15,600 count train, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl with skirt counterweighting, gimballed in three-tier mahogany box with brass cornering to bottom section and top lid, the middle section with small inset bone disc, external brass drop handles
80 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
Cope & Molyneux, No. 403, circa 1820
The silvered dial signed and numbered Cope & Molyneux LONDON 403, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI), blued steel hands, pinned frames, Earnshaw escapement, 15,600 count train, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl with skirt counterweighting, gimballed in three-tier mahogany box with brass cornering to bottom section and top lid, the middle section with small inset bone disc, external brass drop handles
80 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box