Lot 140Ф,Y
A mid 19th century mahogany two day marine chronometer Henry Frodsham, Castle Street, Liverpool, No. 2130
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,536 inc. premium
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A mid 19th century mahogany two day marine chronometer
Henry Frodsham, Castle Street, Liverpool, No. 2130
The three part case with (replaced) top lid over shaped brass escutcheons and vacant number plaque, brass side handles and a plain base. The 3.25 inch signed and numbered silvered dial with angled sight ring framing the outer Arabic minute track marked in 5's framing the Roman hours, with power reserve subsidiary dial over the running seconds with observatory marks and blued steel Breguet style hands. The chain fusee movement with maintaining power, four turned and ringed pillars, with free sprung blued steel helical spring with diamond endstone set in a double-screwed chaton to an Earnshaw type detent escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance with keystone shaped weights. The movement contained within a gimballed bowl with sprung winding cover, locking arm and original brass tipsy key. 17cms (6.5ins) wide.
The three part case with (replaced) top lid over shaped brass escutcheons and vacant number plaque, brass side handles and a plain base. The 3.25 inch signed and numbered silvered dial with angled sight ring framing the outer Arabic minute track marked in 5's framing the Roman hours, with power reserve subsidiary dial over the running seconds with observatory marks and blued steel Breguet style hands. The chain fusee movement with maintaining power, four turned and ringed pillars, with free sprung blued steel helical spring with diamond endstone set in a double-screwed chaton to an Earnshaw type detent escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance with keystone shaped weights. The movement contained within a gimballed bowl with sprung winding cover, locking arm and original brass tipsy key. 17cms (6.5ins) wide.