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MORRIS & TOBIAS. 31 MINORIES, LONDON. 833, CIRCA 1830
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A Victorian mahogany two-day marine chronometer
Morris & Tobias. 31 Minories, London. 833, circa 1830
The silvered dial signed and numbered Morris & Tobias. 31 Minories, London. 833, Roman hour numerals with gold spade hour and minute hands, blued steel hands for subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, with jewelled locking stone, cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights, similar signature engraved on the top-plate, similarly numbered brass bowl with gimbal, three-tier brass-bound mahogany box with vacant brass plaque to the top lid and two vacant bone ivory discs to the front, external brass drop handles
89 mm. dial diam., 163 mm. sq. box
Morris & Tobias. 31 Minories, London. 833, circa 1830
The silvered dial signed and numbered Morris & Tobias. 31 Minories, London. 833, Roman hour numerals with gold spade hour and minute hands, blued steel hands for subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, with jewelled locking stone, cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights, similar signature engraved on the top-plate, similarly numbered brass bowl with gimbal, three-tier brass-bound mahogany box with vacant brass plaque to the top lid and two vacant bone ivory discs to the front, external brass drop handles
89 mm. dial diam., 163 mm. sq. box