DENT NO. 2501; CIRCA 1855
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A Mid-Victorian mahogany Two-Day Marine Chronometer with Prismatic Balance
Dent No. 2501; circa 1855
The silvered dial signed Dent, LONDON, Chronometer Maker to the Queen No. 2501, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic prismatic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, dovetail spring detent with jewelled locking stone to side of banking block, brass bowl inscribed Dent 2501 with "percussion cover" to winding hole, gimballed in plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with recessed white painted disc reading Dent 2501, external brass drop handles, the winding key numbered 2501
98 mm. diam. 170 square box
Dent No. 2501; circa 1855
The silvered dial signed Dent, LONDON, Chronometer Maker to the Queen No. 2501, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic prismatic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, dovetail spring detent with jewelled locking stone to side of banking block, brass bowl inscribed Dent 2501 with "percussion cover" to winding hole, gimballed in plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with recessed white painted disc reading Dent 2501, external brass drop handles, the winding key numbered 2501
98 mm. diam. 170 square box