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An early 19th century one day marine chronometer Arnold, London No.506/519
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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An early 19th century one day marine chronometer
Arnold, London No.506/519
Housed in a later mahogany deck-watch type box with circular aperture cut through the cover, the brass bowl with filled holes indicating it had once been suspended on gimbals, the underside stamped 506, the centre with sprung dust cover, the signed and numbered silvered Roman dial with blued steel spade hands and subsidiary seconds at VI, the signed chain fusee movement, numbered 519, with maintaining power, Arnold detent escapement, Arnold patent blued steel helical spring and small bimetallic 'z' balance with cylindrical timing weights. Height 8cm (3in)
Housed in a later mahogany deck-watch type box with circular aperture cut through the cover, the brass bowl with filled holes indicating it had once been suspended on gimbals, the underside stamped 506, the centre with sprung dust cover, the signed and numbered silvered Roman dial with blued steel spade hands and subsidiary seconds at VI, the signed chain fusee movement, numbered 519, with maintaining power, Arnold detent escapement, Arnold patent blued steel helical spring and small bimetallic 'z' balance with cylindrical timing weights. Height 8cm (3in)
Footnotes
John Roger Arnold was born on February 13th 1769. He was apprenticed to his father on June 2nd 1783 at the age of 14 for 7 years, however his father took him into partnership 3 years before completion of his apprenticeship. In 1792 John Roger was sent to Paris to study under Abraham Louis Breguet, he returned to England just before Breguet was forced to leave Paris when the reign of terror began in 1793. He became free of the Clockmakers Company in 1796 and Master in 1817, he died in 1843.
Other one day chronometers by John Roger Arnold sold in these rooms include
Number 263, 9th December 2003
Number 546, 17 June 2008
Number 557, 17 June 2008
Number 510, 9 July 2013