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An English mahogany and brass two-day marine chronometer, second half 20th century
The two-tier box with glazed top, maker's plaque to the front, brass gimbal and bowl numbered 20729, with 4in. (10cm.) diameter silvered Roman dial, blued steel spade and double swell hands, subsidiary up/down ring, central signature Thomas Mercer, with number 20729 to the centre of the seconds ring, signed along the lower minute track THOMAS MERCER LTD. ST. ALBANS ENG., the chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, Earnshaw escapement with cut bimetallic balance and cylindrical heat compensation weights, helical balance spring -- 7in. (18cm.) square, the box
The two-tier box with glazed top, maker's plaque to the front, brass gimbal and bowl numbered 20729, with 4in. (10cm.) diameter silvered Roman dial, blued steel spade and double swell hands, subsidiary up/down ring, central signature Thomas Mercer, with number 20729 to the centre of the seconds ring, signed along the lower minute track THOMAS MERCER LTD. ST. ALBANS ENG., the chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, Earnshaw escapement with cut bimetallic balance and cylindrical heat compensation weights, helical balance spring -- 7in. (18cm.) square, the box
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