Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 427
NORRIS LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, MARINE CHRONOMETER 54 HOURS POWER RESERVE, WOOD AND GILDED BRASS
CHF 3,000 - 6,000
HKD 29,200 - 59,000 / USD 3,800 - 7,500 / EUR 3,300 - 6,500 / JPY 570,000 - 1,140,000
A fine, mahogany and brass, manual wind two-day marine chronometer with ''Z'' balance and the original ratchet key. Silvered dial with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds and power reserve dials. Blued steel Breguet hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Norris Liverpool, England
Year Circa 1840
Movement No. 155
Length 160
Caliber 64 mm, gilt brass, full-plate, ring-turned cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Harrison's maintaining power, wheels with five crossings, Earnshaw's chronometer escapement with spring footed detent with jeweled locking stone, the escapement jewelled, bimetallic ''Z'' balance with cylindrical compensation weights and peripheral temperature and timing adjustment screws, free-sprung white metal helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone.
Height 175
Width 160
Signature Dial