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GROHÉ, LONDON, NO. 4378. CIRCA 1870
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A Victorian brass-inlaid coromandel marine chronometer desk timepiece
Grohé, London, No. 4378. Circa 1870
The silvered dial with Roman chapters and gold hands, signed GROHÉ H.W. TYPKE, SUCCESSOR, 24. Wigmore St. London., subsidiary dials for up-down marked 1-8, subsidiary seconds at VI numbered in the centre 4378, the movement with spotted plates, reversed fusee within the main assembly with three large pillars with blued steel screws, the sub-assembly carrying the rest of the train with diamond endstone to cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights and blued steel helical spring, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, lacquered brass bowl, the purpose-made brass-inlaid display case with recessed drop handles to the sides, large brass-framed portal to the top lid, the chronometer resting within a blue velvet central recess, hinged door to the base
7½ in. x 7½ in. x 4¼ in. (19 cm. x 19 cm. x 11 cm.) box
Grohé, London, No. 4378. Circa 1870
The silvered dial with Roman chapters and gold hands, signed GROHÉ H.W. TYPKE, SUCCESSOR, 24. Wigmore St. London., subsidiary dials for up-down marked 1-8, subsidiary seconds at VI numbered in the centre 4378, the movement with spotted plates, reversed fusee within the main assembly with three large pillars with blued steel screws, the sub-assembly carrying the rest of the train with diamond endstone to cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights and blued steel helical spring, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, lacquered brass bowl, the purpose-made brass-inlaid display case with recessed drop handles to the sides, large brass-framed portal to the top lid, the chronometer resting within a blue velvet central recess, hinged door to the base
7½ in. x 7½ in. x 4¼ in. (19 cm. x 19 cm. x 11 cm.) box
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