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Repair marks found under the dial and in the fusee indicate this chronomenter was used for navigation between San Fransisco and Hawaii from 1870 to 1930. The earliest repair mark was dated 1863.
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A FINE EIGHT DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
SIGNED BAUMGART, LONDON
The large fusee movement with separate platform for the spring detent, free sprung Earnshaw balance, blued-steel balance spring, cut diamond endstone, silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, 8-day up/down, roman numerals, gold hands, gimbal mounted in solid rosewood three tiered brass bound deck box, mid-19th c.
SIGNED BAUMGART, LONDON
The large fusee movement with separate platform for the spring detent, free sprung Earnshaw balance, blued-steel balance spring, cut diamond endstone, silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, 8-day up/down, roman numerals, gold hands, gimbal mounted in solid rosewood three tiered brass bound deck box, mid-19th c.