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The bowl, pillar plate and top plate are all punchmarked 369.
CHARLES FRODSHAM, NO. 2614, CIRCA 1855
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A Victorian two-day marine chronometer
Charles Frodsham, No. 2614, circa 1855
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND. LONDON. No. 2614, Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass-bound rosewood box the middle section with inset wood disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
98 mm. dial diam., 178 mm. sq. box
Charles Frodsham, No. 2614, circa 1855
The silvered dial signed CHARLES FRODSHAM 84 STRAND. LONDON. No. 2614, Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass-bound rosewood box the middle section with inset wood disc (unsigned), external brass drop handles
98 mm. dial diam., 178 mm. sq. box