Lot 615
A good Victorian mahogany-cased marine
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Condition Report
A good Victorian mahogany-cased marine chronometer by Dent, number 1901. Having a 4.5" silvered Roman dial engraved "DENT LONDON Chronometer Maker to the Queen No. 1901", with subsidiary 8-day State of Wind dial and running seconds, in a gimballed bowl, the large circular movement with spotted plates and three ringed gun-barrel pillars, the chain-driven fusee set within a U-shaped backplate, with maintaining power to the chain fusee movement, the diamond endstone to a blued 9.5-turn helical hairspring, the brass cowl stamped 1901, the three-piece mahogany box with brass carrying handles and an enamel roundel inscribed DENT 1901, the glazed internal cover with thermometer to the underside, with paper label "Cleaned 1923 J. Bruce & Sons Liverpool", 7.25" square x 7.5" high, (18.5cm x 19cm), in baized-lined mahogany outer box, with 1870 and 1923 paperwork, the former from E. J. Dent and inscribed in pencil verso "Originally the property of Lord Clermont Ravensdale Co Louth".
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Purchasing information-
Dial - good condition. Movement - Dent's staple balance with auxiliary compensation. Good working order throughout. Maintaining power is still operational when winder is used to halt fusee. Box - a few light scratches but generally very good. Outer box - typical wear including break to hide strap. Fellows do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any clocks sold.
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