AN EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL GEORGE III ONE-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER John Arnold & Son, No. 427/728 The white enamel dial numbered 427. Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI) with blued steel hand, gilt full-plate movement inscribed John Arnold & Son. London. Invt & Fect No. 427/728 with pierced balance cock, Arnold escapement (lacking balance and balance spring), Arnold spring detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl with bayonet fixing bezel, the silvered gimbal ring of typical Arnold rectangular section format and locking arm with unusual cam operation, plain three-tier miniature mahogany box with exposed dovetail corners and fruitwood quarter-round edging to top lid, external brass drop handles 42 mm. dial diam., 90 mm. sq. box
AN EXCEPTIONALLY SMALL GEORGE III ONE-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER John Arnold & Son, No. 427/728 The white enamel dial numbered 427. Roman hour numerals gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI) with blued steel hand, gilt full-plate movement inscribed John Arnold & Son. London. Invt & Fect No. 427/728 with pierced balance cock, Arnold escapement (lacking balance and balance spring), Arnold spring detent with jewelled locking stone, brass bowl with bayonet fixing bezel, the silvered gimbal ring of typical Arnold rectangular section format and locking arm with unusual cam operation, plain three-tier miniature mahogany box with exposed dovetail corners and fruitwood quarter-round edging to top lid, external brass drop handles 42 mm. dial diam., 90 mm. sq. box
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