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A good late 19th Century brass-strung coromandel two-day marine chronometer Thomas Russell & Son, London & Liverpool, No. 2246
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,816 inc. premium
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A good late 19th Century brass-strung coromandel two-day marine chronometer
Thomas Russell & Son, London & Liverpool, No. 2246
The three-part case with solid top lid bearing a monogrammed shield (BHI?) framed by double stringing, lined internally with ruched velvet, the mid section with mother of pearl nameplate and sprung catch over a base with recessed handles and a star shaped escutcheon over a felt lined base. The signed and numbered 3.75 inch silvered Roman dial with minute track enclosing the subsidiary power reserve dial marked in 8 hour increments with instructions to wind at 24 hours, the running seconds dial marked in tens with Observatory marks and the royal crest and V.R. BY APPOINTMENT picked out in red, the sight ring with matching red engraving announcing Makers to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The chain fusee movement with maintaining power, spotted plates with freesprung blued steel helical balance spring set in a double screwed chaton with diamond endstone, the cut and compensated bimetallic balance with circular timing weights to an Earnshaw detent escapement. Sitting in a bowl with sprung winding cover and lockable gimbals. Ticking, together with a case key and safety winding key.
18cms (7 ins) wide.
The three-part case with solid top lid bearing a monogrammed shield (BHI?) framed by double stringing, lined internally with ruched velvet, the mid section with mother of pearl nameplate and sprung catch over a base with recessed handles and a star shaped escutcheon over a felt lined base. The signed and numbered 3.75 inch silvered Roman dial with minute track enclosing the subsidiary power reserve dial marked in 8 hour increments with instructions to wind at 24 hours, the running seconds dial marked in tens with Observatory marks and the royal crest and V.R. BY APPOINTMENT picked out in red, the sight ring with matching red engraving announcing Makers to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The chain fusee movement with maintaining power, spotted plates with freesprung blued steel helical balance spring set in a double screwed chaton with diamond endstone, the cut and compensated bimetallic balance with circular timing weights to an Earnshaw detent escapement. Sitting in a bowl with sprung winding cover and lockable gimbals. Ticking, together with a case key and safety winding key.
18cms (7 ins) wide.