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An Eggert & Son Two-day Marine<br />
Chronometer, New York, no. 220<br />
silvered roman numeral dial, gold hands,<br />
up/down indi<strong>cat</strong>or, and seconds bit,<br />
signed movement and dial ‘Eggert &<br />
Son no. 220’, chain fusee movement,<br />
maintaining power, two-arm bimetallic<br />
balance, helical hairspring, jeweled<br />
escape and balance, mounted in a<br />
brass gimbaled bowl and housed in a<br />
three-tier brass-bound mahogany box<br />
with carrying handles<br />
the case 17cm high, 16.5cm wide,<br />
16.5cm deep<br />
$5,000–8,000<br />
430<br />
A Japanese marine chronometer,<br />
V-279, circa 1945<br />
silvered roman numeral dial, gilded<br />
hands, up/down indi<strong>cat</strong>or, and seconds<br />
bit, inscribed with Japanese script,<br />
chain fusee movement, maintaining<br />
power, two-arm bimetallic balance,<br />
helical hairspring, jewelled escape and<br />
balance, mounted in a brass gimbaled<br />
bowl and housed in a three-tier brassbound<br />
oak box with carrying handles<br />
and a silvered plate marked V-279<br />
the case 19cm high, 18.5cm wide,<br />
18.5cm deep<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
430<br />
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