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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY FRODSHAM & KEEN
4in. silvered dial signed and numbered Frodsham & Keen, 31 South Castle St, Liverpool, No.3846, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring detent with jewelled locking stone, cut bimetallic balance with heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, gimballed within brass bowl, three-tier brass bound walnut box, the middle section inset with a signed and numbered plaque, inset handles -- 7¾ x 7¼in. (19.5 x 18.5xm.)
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4in. silvered dial signed and numbered Frodsham & Keen, 31 South Castle St, Liverpool, No.3846, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, gold hour and minute hands, fusee movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw escapement, spring detent with jewelled locking stone, cut bimetallic balance with heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, gimballed within brass bowl, three-tier brass bound walnut box, the middle section inset with a signed and numbered plaque, inset handles -- 7¾ x 7¼in. (19.5 x 18.5xm.)
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Special notice
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
Sale room notice
Please note the travelling case pictured on page 30 is mis-numbered 154 and should read 155.
Please note the winding key for this lot is missing and will be replaced by Christie's
Please note the winding key for this lot is missing and will be replaced by Christie's