An Edwardian two-day Royal Observatory mahogany Marine Chronometer with staple balance Dent No. 50952; circa 1904 The silvered dial signed Dent Maker to the Queen 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange London 50952 , Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial within it the Government mark, up-and-down dial, all hands of blued steel, top-plate incised with the Government mark, Earnshaw escapement Dent bimetallic staple balance, polished steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 952 , gimballed in plain three-tier mahogany box (later top-lid), the middle section with inset bone disc inscribed Dent (within a triangle) 50952 TWO DAYS and with the Government mark, external Dent format brass carrying handles. 98 mm dial diam., box 185 mm sq.
An Edwardian two-day Royal Observatory mahogany Marine Chronometer with staple balance Dent No. 50952; circa 1904 The silvered dial signed Dent Maker to the Queen 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange London 50952 , Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial within it the Government mark, up-and-down dial, all hands of blued steel, top-plate incised with the Government mark, Earnshaw escapement Dent bimetallic staple balance, polished steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl numbered 952 , gimballed in plain three-tier mahogany box (later top-lid), the middle section with inset bone disc inscribed Dent (within a triangle) 50952 TWO DAYS and with the Government mark, external Dent format brass carrying handles. 98 mm dial diam., box 185 mm sq.
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