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A Victorian mahogany and brass-bound eight-day marine chronometer, circa 1845
The possibly associated three-tier box with inset bone plaque to the front signed REID & SONS/Chronometer Makers/to the Admiralty/2631/NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, brass drop-down handles, the 100 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with eight day up/down ring, signed Parkinson & Frodsham/Change Alley - LONDON./No.2631, subsidiary seconds ring, silver hands, reversed chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with helical spring, two-tier spotted plates with repeat signature and number 263 -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square, the box; winding key
The possibly associated three-tier box with inset bone plaque to the front signed REID & SONS/Chronometer Makers/to the Admiralty/2631/NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, brass drop-down handles, the 100 mm. diameter silvered Roman dial with eight day up/down ring, signed Parkinson & Frodsham/Change Alley - LONDON./No.2631, subsidiary seconds ring, silver hands, reversed chain fusee with Earnshaw type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with helical spring, two-tier spotted plates with repeat signature and number 263 -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square, the box; winding key
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