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Details
An English mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer, circa 1910
The three-tier box with recessed side handles and plaque to the front, the 120 mm. diameter silvered dial with 8-day up/down ring, blued steel hands, signed DENT Maker to the KING/61 STRAND & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE,/LONDON.NO 56932, the reversed chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, bowl numbered 56932, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement mounted within a sub-assembly with plate numbered 932, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and steel helical spring, maintaining power -- 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) square, the box; tipsy key, box key
The three-tier box with recessed side handles and plaque to the front, the 120 mm. diameter silvered dial with 8-day up/down ring, blued steel hands, signed DENT Maker to the KING/61 STRAND & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE,/LONDON.NO 56932, the reversed chain fusee movement with spot-finished plates, bowl numbered 56932, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement mounted within a sub-assembly with plate numbered 932, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and steel helical spring, maintaining power -- 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) square, the box; tipsy key, box key
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Please note this chronometer does not have reverse fusee.
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