VICTOR KULLBERG NO. 7312, CIRCA 1902

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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY ROYAL OBSERVATORY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
Victor Kullberg No. 7312, circa 1902
The silvered dial signed and numbered Victor Kullberg, Maker to the Admiralty, The Indian and Italian Governments, 105 Liverpool Road, London N, 7312, incised garters at II and X, Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and within it the Government mark and reference to various prize awards at Vienna, blued steel hands, top-plate incised with the Government mark, reversed fusee, Earnshaw escapement, Kullberg cut bimetallic balance, cylindrical heat compensation weights, palladium helical balance spring, Kullberg reversed spring foot detent with jewelled looking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with recessed white plaque inscribed Victor Kullberg, Two Days 7312 and the Government mark, inside the top lid the issues label of the Chronometer Branch (dated 12 February...) Hydrographer of the Navy, Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, flush recessed brass carrying handle
95 mm. dial diam. Box 180 mm. square

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Royal Observatory records;
This chronometer was placed No. 14 in the Admiralty Annual Chronometer Trial of July 4th 1903 to January 23rd 1904, where it is described as having - Reversed detent; Kullberg auxiliary balance, palladium spring'. It was purchased by the Hydrographer of the Navy, March 1904 for £43. Royal Greenwich Observatory records show that it was issued to the following H.M Ships:
1906-1908: West Coast of England Surrey;
Captain J.W.Combe C.M.G R.N; used for surveys of the Bristol Channel and Lough Swilly in Ireland in the hired vessel Argo 1919-1922: H.M Surveying Ship Endeavour Captain F.A Reyne R.N for extensive surveys of the North Coast of Egypt
1919: H.M.S Biarritz, a minelayer
1930-1935: H.M.S Dragon; light cruiser. Of interest is that on 8th July, 1944 H.M.S Dragon was scuttled to form part of the
breakwater on the Normandy beaches for the W.W.2 invasion of Europe
Supplied with photocopies of the relevent R.G.O Chronometer Ledger Index page

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