Sold for:
$5,900
$5,900
"8-Day Mantel Chronometer" Thomas Mercer, London & St. Albans, patent No. 21.257/22, No. 596. Made circa 1950. Unusual and rare, 8-day going, mahogany mantel chronometer with 60-second circuit breaker, 8-day power reserve sector and platform detent chronometer escapement. Rectangular, mahogany, glazed brass hinged bezel. Silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and aperture below 12 to view the seconds wheel and electrical contacts, power reserve indicator above 6. Blued steel “spade” hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
