A VICTORIAN NICKEL-PLATED BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH DENT'S STAPLE BALANCE
Lot 210 MARINE CHRONOMETERS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 209-211)

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

DENT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 50959. CIRCA 1900

Closed17 March 2011

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GBP 3,125

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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

Anonymous sale, Dr Crott, Frankfurt, 11 May 1996, lot 376.

Specialist note

Edward Dent (1790-1853) patented his 'staple' balance in 1842, not long after setting up in business on his own at 82 Strand. See also lot 209.