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Thomas Earnshaw Very Fine & Rare One Day Marine Chronometer No. 453, circa 1800. ...
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Thomas Earnshaw Very Fine & Rare One Day Marine Chronometer No. 453, circa 1800Case: brass bowl with threaded glazed bezel, gimbaled in 7 x 6 x 6 inch box with double top, brass handles, corner plate with key, front key lock
Dial: silvered, radial Roman numerals, blued steel baton hands, subsidiary seconds with broad arrow mark, black minute track
Movement: 60 mm, brass full plate, No. 453, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, turned pillars, fusee and chain, steel free sprung helical hairspring with ten turns, bi-metallic balance with two circular weights and two screws, escapement jeweled, balance with diamond endstone, broad arrow mark near the balance
Signed: Thos. Earnshaw Invenit et Fecit, No. 453, One Day, Restored By W.B. Crisp, London
Condition Report*:
Type: Thomas Earnshaw Very Fine & Rare One Day Marine Chronometer No. 453
Dial: silver, radial Roman numerals, 3 inch diameter
Hands; blued steel batons
Metal: brass
Case Info: brass bowl in gimbals
Case Width: 7 x 6 x 6 inches
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: 60 mm, brass full plate, No. 453, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, turned pillars, fusee and chain, steel free sprung helical hairspring with ten turns, bi-metallic balance with two circular weights and two screws, escapement jeweled, balance with diamond endstone, broad arrow mark near the balance
Circa: 1800
Condition: case is good, dial is good, movement good and running with cleaning recommended, box good with one side mount screw missing, top lid is later replacement, front lid lock needs repair, key is stuck in
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Dial: silver, radial Roman numerals, 3 inch diameter
Hands; blued steel batons
Metal: brass
Case Info: brass bowl in gimbals
Case Width: 7 x 6 x 6 inches
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: 60 mm, brass full plate, No. 453, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, turned pillars, fusee and chain, steel free sprung helical hairspring with ten turns, bi-metallic balance with two circular weights and two screws, escapement jeweled, balance with diamond endstone, broad arrow mark near the balance
Circa: 1800
Condition: case is good, dial is good, movement good and running with cleaning recommended, box good with one side mount screw missing, top lid is later replacement, front lid lock needs repair, key is stuck in
Auction Info
2013 May 21 Watches & Fine Timepieces Signature Auction - New York #5137 (go to Auction Home page)
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