A Victorian zebra wood two-day marine chronometer with flat rim balance John Bliss & Co., No. 2812. Circa 1870 The dial signed John Bliss & Co. New York No. 2812 , gold hour and minute hands, up/down sector calibrated 0-56, seconds ring at VI, the movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, blued steel helical balance spring, Kullberg-variant balance with steel and brass laminated flat rim and alloy weights, brass bowl and gimbal, the purpose-made three-tier brass-bound box with drop handles and fancy-cut brass inlay to the top lid, the front applied with a bone plaque engraved JOHN BLISS & Co. No. 2812 NEW YORK 105mm. dial diameter; 195mm. square box
A Victorian zebra wood two-day marine chronometer with flat rim balance John Bliss & Co., No. 2812. Circa 1870 The dial signed John Bliss & Co. New York No. 2812 , gold hour and minute hands, up/down sector calibrated 0-56, seconds ring at VI, the movement with spotted plates, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with jewelled locking stone, blued steel helical balance spring, Kullberg-variant balance with steel and brass laminated flat rim and alloy weights, brass bowl and gimbal, the purpose-made three-tier brass-bound box with drop handles and fancy-cut brass inlay to the top lid, the front applied with a bone plaque engraved JOHN BLISS & Co. No. 2812 NEW YORK 105mm. dial diameter; 195mm. square box
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