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A MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER by Thomas Mercer, No.8289, circa 1890.
the silvered dial signed Thomas Mercer, Maker To The Admiralty, London & St. Albans, 8289, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, blued steel hour and minute hands, fusée movement, Earnshaw escapement with spring foot detent, cut bi-metallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, white metal helical balance spring, gimballed in brass bowl, brass bound three-tier box with drop handles, the second tier with plaque -- 7¼in. (18.5cm.) square
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the silvered dial signed Thomas Mercer, Maker To The Admiralty, London & St. Albans, 8289, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, up-and-down dial, blued steel hour and minute hands, fusée movement, Earnshaw escapement with spring foot detent, cut bi-metallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, white metal helical balance spring, gimballed in brass bowl, brass bound three-tier box with drop handles, the second tier with plaque -- 7¼in. (18.5cm.) square
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Sale room notice
This instrument has a replaced detent. The illustration for this lot on page 39 is incorrectly numbered 240