Lot Essay
Charles Young is known for using unusual escape wheels with epicycloidal teeth. The movement to this chronometer is quite typical of his work, employing a three-armed balance and spring stud.
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CHARLES YOUNG, LONDON. CIRCA 1820
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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY MARINE CHRONOMETER
CHARLES YOUNG, LONDON. CIRCA 1820
The box with some alterations and lacking gimbals and front roundal, the 75 mm. diameter engraved dial signed 'No.72/CHARLES YOUNG', recessed seconds, gold main hands and blued steel seconds, the single chain fusee movement with recessed detent escapement, three-arm bimetallic balance with unusual sprung stud to blued steel flat balance spring; later winding key
The box--5½in (14cm.) square
CHARLES YOUNG, LONDON. CIRCA 1820
The box with some alterations and lacking gimbals and front roundal, the 75 mm. diameter engraved dial signed 'No.72/CHARLES YOUNG', recessed seconds, gold main hands and blued steel seconds, the single chain fusee movement with recessed detent escapement, three-arm bimetallic balance with unusual sprung stud to blued steel flat balance spring; later winding key
The box--5½in (14cm.) square
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