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An English mahogany and brass-mounted two-day marine chronometer, early 20th century
The three-tier box with inset brass plaque to the top and conforming escutcheon, inset handles to the sides, applied bone disc to the front signed DENT (within triangle)/58819, brass gimbal and bowl numbered 58819, the 3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary up/down ring and signed in the centre DENT Maker to the KING/61 Strand & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE./LONDON. NO.58819, seconds ring below, with blued steel spade and parallel hands, the chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, repeat number and government mark to the cock, Earnshaw escapement with cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, helical balance spring -- 7 1/8in. (18cm.) square, the box
The three-tier box with inset brass plaque to the top and conforming escutcheon, inset handles to the sides, applied bone disc to the front signed DENT (within triangle)/58819, brass gimbal and bowl numbered 58819, the 3 5/8in. (9.3cm.) diameter silvered Roman dial with subsidiary up/down ring and signed in the centre DENT Maker to the KING/61 Strand & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE./LONDON. NO.58819, seconds ring below, with blued steel spade and parallel hands, the chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, repeat number and government mark to the cock, Earnshaw escapement with cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, helical balance spring -- 7 1/8in. (18cm.) square, the box
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