Sold for:
$27,600
$27,600
“Eight-Day Marine Chronometer” Dent, Chronometer Makers by Special Appointment to the Queen, 61, Strand & 4, Royal Exchange, London, No. 48754. Made in 1896. Very fine and very rare, mahogany, 8-day going, anti-magnetic, marine chronome ter with power-reserve indication and Dent's staple balance. Accompanied by a rachet key. Three-body, mahogany wood box with brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the up-and-down indication. Blued steel "spade" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
