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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY T.S. NEGUS
3in. silvered dial signed and numbered T.S. Negus & Co. New York No. 514, Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minutes, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement within inner dust case with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, cut bimetallic balance, poising and rating weights, blued steel helical balance spring, gimballed within brass bowl, three-tier mahogany box with drop handles (replaced securing button to top lid, plaque missing) -- 9in. (23cm.) square
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3in. silvered dial signed and numbered T.S. Negus & Co. New York No. 514, Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minutes, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement within inner dust case with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring foot detent, cut bimetallic balance, poising and rating weights, blued steel helical balance spring, gimballed within brass bowl, three-tier mahogany box with drop handles (replaced securing button to top lid, plaque missing) -- 9in. (23cm.) square
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
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Please note the travelling case photographed on page 30 is not included with this lot.