A Victorian small mahogany and brass-mounted two-day Royal Observatory (Greenwich) marine chronometer
E.J. MASSEY, LIVERPOOL, NO.107. PURCHASED 1841
A Victorian small mahogany and brass-mounted two-day Royal Observatory (Greenwich) marine chronometer E.J. Massey, Liverpool, No.107. Purchased 1841 BOX: three-tier with small brass recessed side handles and brass corner pieces, internal quarter-round 'Naval' strengthening pieces to the base, ivory roundel to the front with Government mark and signed E.J. MASSEY/107/2 DAYS , flat glass to bezel, brass gimbal and bowl with spring-loaded winding cover DIAL: silvered and engraved, signed E.J.Massey Liverpool/Patent No.107 and with Government mark, with 54-hour up/down and subsidiary seconds rings, hands of blued steel MOVEMENT: small plates joined by ringed pillars, top plate with Government mark, chain and fusee with maintaining power; tipsy key ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights and polished steel helical balance spring 160 mm. square box, 90 mm. diameter dial
A Victorian small mahogany and brass-mounted two-day Royal Observatory (Greenwich) marine chronometer
E.J. MASSEY, LIVERPOOL, NO.107. PURCHASED 1841
A Victorian small mahogany and brass-mounted two-day Royal Observatory (Greenwich) marine chronometer E.J. Massey, Liverpool, No.107. Purchased 1841 BOX: three-tier with small brass recessed side handles and brass corner pieces, internal quarter-round 'Naval' strengthening pieces to the base, ivory roundel to the front with Government mark and signed E.J. MASSEY/107/2 DAYS , flat glass to bezel, brass gimbal and bowl with spring-loaded winding cover DIAL: silvered and engraved, signed E.J.Massey Liverpool/Patent No.107 and with Government mark, with 54-hour up/down and subsidiary seconds rings, hands of blued steel MOVEMENT: small plates joined by ringed pillars, top plate with Government mark, chain and fusee with maintaining power; tipsy key ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw-type with flat strip steel spring detent, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights and polished steel helical balance spring 160 mm. square box, 90 mm. diameter dial
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