A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS-MOUNTED TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
BARRAUD, LONDON, NO. 2870. MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: three-tier box with ivory disc to front inscribed 'BARRAUD/2870', brass drop handles, brass bowl numbered '2870' and gimbal DIAL: the 102 mm. diameter silvered and engraved dial signed 'BARRAUD 41 Cornhill/LONDON NO. 2870 MAKER TO THE ROYAL NAVY', subsidiary seconds and up/down rings, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: spot finished plates, single chain fusee, Earnshaw's detent escapement to cut bimetallic balance with segmental temperature compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring; tipsy winding key, case key
7¼ in (18.5 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS-MOUNTED TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
BARRAUD, LONDON, NO. 2870. MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: three-tier box with ivory disc to front inscribed 'BARRAUD/2870', brass drop handles, brass bowl numbered '2870' and gimbal DIAL: the 102 mm. diameter silvered and engraved dial signed 'BARRAUD 41 Cornhill/LONDON NO. 2870 MAKER TO THE ROYAL NAVY', subsidiary seconds and up/down rings, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: spot finished plates, single chain fusee, Earnshaw's detent escapement to cut bimetallic balance with segmental temperature compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring; tipsy winding key, case key
7¼ in (18.5 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
