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A VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH STAPLE BALANCE

DENT, LONDON, NO. 49602. CIRCA 1900

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A VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY EIGHT DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH STAPLE BALANCE
DENT, LONDON, NO. 49602. CIRCA 1900
BOX: three tier with replaced lid, brass handles, enamel plaque to front for 'DENT/49602'', brass bowl numbered '602' and gimbal DIAL: 115 mm. diameter silvered and engraved dial signed 'DENT (within triangle) Maker to the QUEEN/61 STRAND & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON. NO. 49602', eight day power reserve indication and subsidiary seconds ring, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: main frame assembly carrying reversed fusee, barrel and centre wheel back pivot, sub-frame assembly with chain protector guard, carrying remainder of train and Earnshaw escapement, Dent's staple balance with polished steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, spot-finished plates; tipsy winding key, box key
9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 8¾ in. (22 cm.) wide; 8¾ in. (22 cm.) deep

来源

Christie's London, 12 July 1995, lot 390.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Edward Dent (1790-1853) patented his 'staple' balance in 1842, not long after setting up in business on his own at 82 Strand. A two day marine chronometer by Dent, also from circa 1900, sold Christie's London 17 March 2011 (£3125).