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EDWARD JOHN DENT, LONDON, NO. 3101. CIRCA 1890
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A VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH DENT'S STAPLE BALANCE
EDWARD JOHN DENT, LONDON, NO. 3101. CIRCA 1890
BOX: three tier box with brass drop handles, brass cartouche to lid, mid section with ivory roundel signed 'E. J. DENT/61 STRAND/3101/LONDON', brass bowl stamped 'DENT/3101' and gimbal DIAL: 100 mm. diameter silvered and engraved dial with seconds and state-of-wind subsidiaries, signed 'DENT, 61 STRAND, LONDON/Chronometer Maker to the/QUEEN. No. 3101', gold main hands MOVEMENT: maintaining power to single chain fusee, detent escapement to Dent's patent staple balance with threaded circular weights and screws to the cross-arm, blued steel helical balance spring; replaced tipsy winding key, box key
8 in. (20 cm.) high; 7¼ in. (8.5 cm.) square
EDWARD JOHN DENT, LONDON, NO. 3101. CIRCA 1890
BOX: three tier box with brass drop handles, brass cartouche to lid, mid section with ivory roundel signed 'E. J. DENT/61 STRAND/3101/LONDON', brass bowl stamped 'DENT/3101' and gimbal DIAL: 100 mm. diameter silvered and engraved dial with seconds and state-of-wind subsidiaries, signed 'DENT, 61 STRAND, LONDON/Chronometer Maker to the/QUEEN. No. 3101', gold main hands MOVEMENT: maintaining power to single chain fusee, detent escapement to Dent's patent staple balance with threaded circular weights and screws to the cross-arm, blued steel helical balance spring; replaced tipsy winding key, box key
8 in. (20 cm.) high; 7¼ in. (8.5 cm.) square
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 10 June, 1998, lot 58.
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