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BARRAUD, LONDON, NO.2983. MID 19TH CENTURY
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A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted two-day marine chronometer
Barraud, London, No.2983. Mid 19th Century
BOX: three-tier with brass drop-down handles and with ivory roundel to the front inscribed BARRAUD/2983, brass gimbal and bowl with spring-loaded winding cover, the latter also numbered 2983; box key
DIAL: silvered and engraved, signed BARRAUD/MAKER TO THE/ROYAL/NAVY/41 Cornhill/LONDON/NO./2983, with subsidiary seconds and 48-hour up/down rings, all hands of blued steel
MOVEMENT: plates lightly spotted, chain and fusee with maintaining power; tipsy key
ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring
160 mm. square box, 90 mm. diameter dial
Barraud, London, No.2983. Mid 19th Century
BOX: three-tier with brass drop-down handles and with ivory roundel to the front inscribed BARRAUD/2983, brass gimbal and bowl with spring-loaded winding cover, the latter also numbered 2983; box key
DIAL: silvered and engraved, signed BARRAUD/MAKER TO THE/ROYAL/NAVY/41 Cornhill/LONDON/NO./2983, with subsidiary seconds and 48-hour up/down rings, all hands of blued steel
MOVEMENT: plates lightly spotted, chain and fusee with maintaining power; tipsy key
ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring
160 mm. square box, 90 mm. diameter dial
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