Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 321
Reid & Sons, Makers to the Admiralty, Newcastle upon Tyne, No. 4014, end of the XIXth century. Fine 56 hour marine chronometer.
ITL 3,000 - 3,500
USD 2,000 - 2,350
Sold: ITL 3,680
C. Three body mahogany box with brass mounting, the glazed upper part with hinged lid. Gimballed brass bowl with winding shutteh. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Blued steel "pear" hands. M. Brass full plate, spoted finished with cylindrical pillars, the fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two armcompensated balance with cylindrical poising weights and timing screws, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. of the dial : 110 mm. Box dim. 18 x 18,5 x 19 cm.
