Lot Essay
The format of the gilded movement is that of a large pocket chronometer. The dial engraver's mispelling of 'Read' on the dial is of interest. No attempt has been made behind the dial to correct this.
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A SMALL SIZE ONE-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
William Reid, No. 609
the silvered dial signed Wm Read (sic), LONDON, Roman hour numerals, blued steel hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial with gold hand, small gilt movement (45mm. diam.), pinned top plate inscribed Willm Reid No. 609, LONDON, 14400 count train Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic Pennington balance with underslung segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent (repaired - steel pallet), brass bowl, gimballed in two-tier lidded brass-bound mahogany box; glazed lift-up port to bottom section, external brass drop handles
67mm. dial. diam., 165mm. sq. box
William Reid, No. 609
the silvered dial signed Wm Read (sic), LONDON, Roman hour numerals, blued steel hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial with gold hand, small gilt movement (45mm. diam.), pinned top plate inscribed Willm Reid No. 609, LONDON, 14400 count train Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic Pennington balance with underslung segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent (repaired - steel pallet), brass bowl, gimballed in two-tier lidded brass-bound mahogany box; glazed lift-up port to bottom section, external brass drop handles
67mm. dial. diam., 165mm. sq. box