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A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted two-day marine chronometer, circa 1840
The three-tier case with drop-down handles to the sides and brass plaque inscribed 1856 to the front, brass bowl and gimbal, 80 mm. diameter Roman dial signed James McCabe./Royal Exchange,/London./No.1856, gold hands, subsidiary seconds ring, chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, the cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights and four timing screws, blued steel helical spring, the plain top plate with repeat signature and number -- 6 1/8 in. (15.25 cm.) square, the box; winding key
The three-tier case with drop-down handles to the sides and brass plaque inscribed 1856 to the front, brass bowl and gimbal, 80 mm. diameter Roman dial signed James McCabe./Royal Exchange,/London./No.1856, gold hands, subsidiary seconds ring, chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, the cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights and four timing screws, blued steel helical spring, the plain top plate with repeat signature and number -- 6 1/8 in. (15.25 cm.) square, the box; winding key
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