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Lot 158

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER

DENT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 45596. CIRCA 1890

Closed2 March 2010

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GBP 2,375

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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
DENT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 45596. CIRCA 1890
The case with brass bowl and gimbal, the 100 mm. diameter dial with 48-hour up/down ring and subsidiary seconds ring, signed 'DENT Maker to the QUEEN/61. STRAND & 4. ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON No 45596', blued steel hands, the chain fusee movement with spring detent escapement and circular tempurature compensation weights to split bimettalic balance; tipsy winding key
The box--8 in. (20 cm.) high