4,600 CHF
J. R. Losada, 181 Regent Street, London, No. 1417, circa 1850. Fine rose-wood 54 hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indicator. Three body rose-wood box with brass corners, fixings and external brass handles the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold "pear" hands. Spotted finished brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone, free sprung blued-steel helical balance spring. Signed on the dial. Dial diam. 95 mm. Dim. 17,5 x 16,5 x 16 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31
