A VICTORIAN NICKEL-PLATED BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH DENT'S STAPLE BALANCE

A VICTORIAN NICKEL-PLATED BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH DENT'S STAPLE BALANCE
DENT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 50959. CIRCA 1900
CASE: three tier box with Dent trade label to inside lid, drop handles, enamel plaque inscribed 'DENT/50959', the bowl numbered '21028/28968/35366' DIAL: 100 mm. diameter silvered dial signed 'DENT Maker to the Queen/61 STRAND & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON No. 50959', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: maintaining power to single chain fusee, detent escapement to Dent's patent staple balance with threaded circular weights and screws to the cross-arm, helical balance spring; numbered tipsy winding key
8 in. (20 cm.) high; 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square