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A LATE 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,625 inc. premium
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
F.M. Moore, Belfast and Dublin, No 2408
The brass bound three piece case of characteristic design with protected corners and edges, the side handles recessed, the brass gimbals holding the bowl with sprung cover to the underside, the signed and numbered 4 inch silvered Roman dial with subsidiary state of wind and seconds dials, the single fusee movement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance with cylindrical weights, blued helical spring, maintaining power, Earnshaw type detent escapement and spotted plates; together with a tipsy key.
18cm (7in) x 18cm (7in)
The brass bound three piece case of characteristic design with protected corners and edges, the side handles recessed, the brass gimbals holding the bowl with sprung cover to the underside, the signed and numbered 4 inch silvered Roman dial with subsidiary state of wind and seconds dials, the single fusee movement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance with cylindrical weights, blued helical spring, maintaining power, Earnshaw type detent escapement and spotted plates; together with a tipsy key.
18cm (7in) x 18cm (7in)
Footnotes
Francis M. Moore was working in Belfast and Dublin from 1854 until 1894.