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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 168
Dent, Chronometer Maker to the Queen, London, No. 2044, made in 1848. Fine small 56 hour marine chronometer with power reserve indication.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
C.Three body mahogany box with external brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid incorporating thermometer. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension the bezel with domed glass. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Blued steel "pear" hands. M. Brass full plate, relieved for the barrel, with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with trapezoidal weights and timing screws, diamond endstone, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Dial diam. 98 min. Dim. 17 x 16 x 16 cm.
