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additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com<br />
305.<br />
Parkinson & Frodsham Two-day Marine Chronometer, Change<br />
Alley, London, no. 1727, the silvered and engraved dial signed<br />
Parkinson & Frodsham Change Alley, London. 1727., with seconds<br />
dial and Up-Down indicator, and blued-steel hands, 2 1/4-in. dia.<br />
plate chain-drive fusee movement engraved with maker’s name and<br />
origin as above, bi-metallic balance with keystone weights and brass<br />
timing screws, helical hairspring, diamond endstone and spring detent<br />
escapement within a brass dust cover, lacquered brass bowl set in<br />
gimbals with locking lever, tipsy key, three-tier brass-banded mahogany<br />
box with bail carrying handles, dial dia. 3 1/4, boxed ht. 6 1/2, wd. and<br />
dp. 6 1/4 in.<br />
$2,000-3,000<br />
306.<br />
Dent Two-day Marine Chronometer, 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange,<br />
London, No. 46172, c. 1885, with three-tier box with printed maker’s<br />
label inside top lid, circular enamel boss marked Dent 46172, brass<br />
folding carrying handles and escutcheon, 2 3/4-in. engraved silvered<br />
dial, marked Dent, Maker to the Queen and address as above, Roman<br />
numerals Up-Down indicator, seconds dial, blued-steel hands, brass<br />
bowl and gimbals, spotted full brass plates, chain fusee, Earnshawtype<br />
spring detent escapement, Dent’s “staple-type” balance, helical<br />
hairspring, and diamond endstone, ratchet key, ht. 7 5/8, wd. and dp.<br />
7 1/4 in.<br />
$3,000-4,000
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