Lot Essay
Movement No 965N was made by Thomas Mercer Ltd of St Albans, Herts in 1969/70
See illustration
See illustration
Chronometers, Clocks and Watches
AN EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER, the silvered dial signed and numbered Thomas Mercer 965M up-and-down and seconds dials, Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, sub-platform carrying Earnshaw escapement, Mercer flat spring detent, cut bi-metallic balance, circular heat compensation weights, palladium helical balance spring, brass bowl and gimbal, now in plain 3-tier mahogany case -- 8½in (21.5cm) square
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AN EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER, the silvered dial signed and numbered Thomas Mercer 965M up-and-down and seconds dials, Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, sub-platform carrying Earnshaw escapement, Mercer flat spring detent, cut bi-metallic balance, circular heat compensation weights, palladium helical balance spring, brass bowl and gimbal, now in plain 3-tier mahogany case -- 8½in (21.5cm) square