BROCKBANK & ATKINS, NO. 1111, CIRCA 1860
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A Victorian two-day marine chronometer
Brockbank & Atkins, No. 1111, circa 1860
The silvered dial signed Brockbank & Atkins, LONDON No. 1111, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, top-plate inscribed Brockbank & Atkins, LONDON No. 1111, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 1111 and gimbal, plain three-tier mahogany box (replacement top lid), the bottom section with inset bone ivory disc inscribed 1111, external brass drop handles
78 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
Brockbank & Atkins, No. 1111, circa 1860
The silvered dial signed Brockbank & Atkins, LONDON No. 1111, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, top-plate inscribed Brockbank & Atkins, LONDON No. 1111, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 1111 and gimbal, plain three-tier mahogany box (replacement top lid), the bottom section with inset bone ivory disc inscribed 1111, external brass drop handles
78 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box