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Details
An Edwardian brass-mounted and inlaid mahogany two-day marine chronometer, circa 1905
Three-tier box with bone signature and number plaque to the front and recessed side handles, brass bowl and gimbal, the 10 cm. diameter silvered and engraved Roman dial with 56-hour up/down ring, signed D.MCGREGOR & CO LTD,/GLASGOW, GREENOCK,/ Liverpool No. K/8088 MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, subsidiary seconds ring, reversed chain fusee, Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with circular compensation weights, helical balance spring, spot-finished plates -- 7 in. (17.5 cm.) square, the box
Three-tier box with bone signature and number plaque to the front and recessed side handles, brass bowl and gimbal, the 10 cm. diameter silvered and engraved Roman dial with 56-hour up/down ring, signed D.MCGREGOR & CO LTD,/GLASGOW, GREENOCK,/ Liverpool No. K/8088 MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, subsidiary seconds ring, reversed chain fusee, Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with circular compensation weights, helical balance spring, spot-finished plates -- 7 in. (17.5 cm.) square, the box
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, Clocks and Barometers, 17 July 2002, lot 288.
Special notice
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