A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer
BROCKBANK & ATKINS, LONDON, NO.1636. CIRCA 1880
A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer Brockbank & Atkins, London, No.1636. Circa 1880 BOX: three-tier with brass drop-down handles, brass gimbal and bowl with winding cover, paper LUND & BLOCKLEY/BOMBAY label to inside DIAL: silvered and engraved, the sight ring signed P.&O.S.A.Co. , signed Brockbank & Atkins/London No.1636 , 8-day up/down and subsidiary seconds ring, gold hour hand, replaced minute hand, blued steel subsidiary hands MOVEMENT: main frame with lightly spotted top plate signed Brockbank & Atkins London No.1636 , four ringed pillars with blued steel screws, carrying chain and fusee, with maintaining power; tipsy key ESCAPEMENT: on sub-assembly with chain guard, Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring 190 mm. square box, 115 mm. diameter dial
A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer
BROCKBANK & ATKINS, LONDON, NO.1636. CIRCA 1880
A Victorian mahogany and brass-mounted eight-day marine chronometer Brockbank & Atkins, London, No.1636. Circa 1880 BOX: three-tier with brass drop-down handles, brass gimbal and bowl with winding cover, paper LUND & BLOCKLEY/BOMBAY label to inside DIAL: silvered and engraved, the sight ring signed P.&O.S.A.Co. , signed Brockbank & Atkins/London No.1636 , 8-day up/down and subsidiary seconds ring, gold hour hand, replaced minute hand, blued steel subsidiary hands MOVEMENT: main frame with lightly spotted top plate signed Brockbank & Atkins London No.1636 , four ringed pillars with blued steel screws, carrying chain and fusee, with maintaining power; tipsy key ESCAPEMENT: on sub-assembly with chain guard, Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring 190 mm. square box, 115 mm. diameter dial
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
