A FINE ROSEWOOD BOXED EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER

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A FINE ROSEWOOD BOXED EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
SIGNED M. F. DENT, LONDON, NO. 31142, THE MOVEMENT AND BOWL NUMBERED 5628

The finely spotted gilt fusee movement with separate escapement platform for spring detent, free sprung bimetallic balance with cylindrical weight and blued helical srping, the silvered dial with roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, 8-day winding indicator, gold hands, gimbal mounted in brass bowl within glazed rosewood deck box, c. 1870s--15.2cm. diam. of bezel