A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER Richard Hornby, No. 941, circa 1870 The silvered dial signed Richd. Hornby. LIVERPOOL. No. 941 , Roman hour numerals within outer minutes dial with Arabic five minute intermarkers 60-5-10 et seque , Breguet gold hour and minute hands, seconds dial with blued steel hand, up-and-down dial with gold hand, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic Pennington style balance having peripheral screws, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in three-tier brass-bound mahogany box, the middle section with small unsigned bone ivory plaque and, inside, the trade label of HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD. 85 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER Richard Hornby, No. 941, circa 1870 The silvered dial signed Richd. Hornby. LIVERPOOL. No. 941 , Roman hour numerals within outer minutes dial with Arabic five minute intermarkers 60-5-10 et seque , Breguet gold hour and minute hands, seconds dial with blued steel hand, up-and-down dial with gold hand, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic Pennington style balance having peripheral screws, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl, gimballed in three-tier brass-bound mahogany box, the middle section with small unsigned bone ivory plaque and, inside, the trade label of HENRY HUGHES & SON LTD. 85 mm. dial diam., 160 mm. sq. box
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