JAMES MCCABE, NO. 199, CIRCA 1830
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A William IV two-day marine chronometer
James McCabe, No. 199, circa 1830
The silvered dial signed and numbered James McCabe Royal Exchange, LONDON 199, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute (repaired) hands, subsidiary seconds dial with replacement blued steel hand, the top plate inscribed Jas. McCabe. Royal Exchange, LONDON. N. 199, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 199, gimballed in replacement three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with painted inset disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
82 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
James McCabe, No. 199, circa 1830
The silvered dial signed and numbered James McCabe Royal Exchange, LONDON 199, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute (repaired) hands, subsidiary seconds dial with replacement blued steel hand, the top plate inscribed Jas. McCabe. Royal Exchange, LONDON. N. 199, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 199, gimballed in replacement three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with painted inset disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
82 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box