Two-Day Marine Chronometer by French

Description:

Two-Day Marine Chronometer by French, London, No. 6182, 4-inch dia. silvered brass dial signed French, Royal Exchange, London, No. 6182, Roman numerals UP-DOWN indicator, seconds, brass hands, 3-in. dia. full plate fusee movement signed French, Royal Exchange, London, No. 6182, two arm split bi-metallic balance with keystone-shaped weights, helical hairspring and detent escapement, brass bowl mounted in gimbals and all in a brass bound two-tiered box marked 6182 with carrying handles and tipsey key, box ht. 7, wd. 6 1/2, dp. 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

movement in running condition, dial resilvered, tipsey key fractured,

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