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Thomas Mercer. An English rosewood electric remontoire mantel chronometer, circa 1920
The case with glass panels to top and sides and silver-plated front panel, silvered and engraved dial with subsidiary seconds ring, signed MADE BY/THOMAS MERCER ST.ALBANS, ENG. and numbered NO.747, with repeat signature to the platform of the chronometer escapement with invar helical spring, free sprung, rewound at short intervals by electric impulse -- 12 in. (51 cm.) wide
The case with glass panels to top and sides and silver-plated front panel, silvered and engraved dial with subsidiary seconds ring, signed MADE BY/THOMAS MERCER ST.ALBANS, ENG. and numbered NO.747, with repeat signature to the platform of the chronometer escapement with invar helical spring, free sprung, rewound at short intervals by electric impulse -- 12 in. (51 cm.) wide
Provenance
The collection of the late Alan Marx, Sotheby's New York, 24 & 25 June 1996, lot 424.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.