J. BROWN, NO. 701, CIRCA 1870
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A Victorian mahogany two-day marine chronometer
J. Brown, No. 701, circa 1870
The silvered dial signed and numbered J. BROWN, CORNHILL, LONDON. 701, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dial with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, repaired dovetail spring detent with steel replacement for original jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass bound rosewood box with inset bone ivory disc to front of middle section inscribed J. BROWN CORNHILL. 701. LONDON, external brass drop handles
95 mm. dial diam., 170 mm. sq. box
J. Brown, No. 701, circa 1870
The silvered dial signed and numbered J. BROWN, CORNHILL, LONDON. 701, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dial with blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, repaired dovetail spring detent with steel replacement for original jewelled locking stone, brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass bound rosewood box with inset bone ivory disc to front of middle section inscribed J. BROWN CORNHILL. 701. LONDON, external brass drop handles
95 mm. dial diam., 170 mm. sq. box