Lot Essay
Vaudrey Mercer, John Arnold & Son, Chronometer Makers, p. 152, records the present chronometer to have the date 1811 scratched on its mainspring.
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JOHN ROGER ARNOLD, LONDON, NO. 371. CIRCA 1811/1812
Details
A Regency walnut small two-day marine chronometer with 'OZ' balance
John Roger Arnold, London, No. 371. Circa 1811/1812
The silvered dial signed Arnold London 371 with Roman chapters and blued steel spade hands, seconds ring at VI, brass bayonet-fixed bezel with convex glass, the movement signed Jn R Arnold London. Invt. et Fecit. No.371, chain fusee, Arnold's spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, blued steel helical balance spring and Arnold's OZ balance, original brass bowl with spring-loaded winding cover, later gimbal and later three-tier box with brass drop handles
80mm. dial diameter; 160mm. square box
John Roger Arnold, London, No. 371. Circa 1811/1812
The silvered dial signed Arnold London 371 with Roman chapters and blued steel spade hands, seconds ring at VI, brass bayonet-fixed bezel with convex glass, the movement signed Jn R Arnold London. Invt. et Fecit. No.371, chain fusee, Arnold's spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, blued steel helical balance spring and Arnold's OZ balance, original brass bowl with spring-loaded winding cover, later gimbal and later three-tier box with brass drop handles
80mm. dial diameter; 160mm. square box
Special notice
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