26th Oct, 2011 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Implacable)
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[M] A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KULLBERG,...
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KULLBERG, LONDON, NO. 9035, CIRCA 1916, ORIGINALLY SUPPLIED TO H.M.A.S. SYDNEY
the 4in. silvered dial signed VICTOR KULLBERG MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN & ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS 105 Liverpool Rd. London N., with government mark and number '9035' in subsidiary seconds dial, blued-steel hands, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with Kullberg auxiliary and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates with repeat number and government mark to the top plate, contained in a gimbal-mounted bowl in three-tier mahogany box with Government-issue plate -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square; together with photocopies of original receipt and list of ships issued from December 1916
Purchased direct from Kullberg December 1916 and issued to H.M.A.S. Sydney from February 1917 until May 1919. A Town Class destroyer of 1912, the Sydney saw early (and victorious) action in the War against the Emden, at the Battle of Cocos. Perhaps her most singular action, at which this instrument was present, was her duel with Zeppelin L43 in the Humber estuary on 4th May 1917. Neither side was injured and the action was broken off when their ammunition was exhausted. Latterly she became the first Australian ship to launch an aircraft from a turntable (which shot down a German scout after a 60 mile chase), and was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918. Sydney left England for home in April 1919 and was broken up ten years later, her foremast being preserved as a memorial to Australian sailors killed in action.
the 4in. silvered dial signed VICTOR KULLBERG MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN & ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS 105 Liverpool Rd. London N., with government mark and number '9035' in subsidiary seconds dial, blued-steel hands, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with Kullberg auxiliary and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates with repeat number and government mark to the top plate, contained in a gimbal-mounted bowl in three-tier mahogany box with Government-issue plate -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square; together with photocopies of original receipt and list of ships issued from December 1916
Purchased direct from Kullberg December 1916 and issued to H.M.A.S. Sydney from February 1917 until May 1919. A Town Class destroyer of 1912, the Sydney saw early (and victorious) action in the War against the Emden, at the Battle of Cocos. Perhaps her most singular action, at which this instrument was present, was her duel with Zeppelin L43 in the Humber estuary on 4th May 1917. Neither side was injured and the action was broken off when their ammunition was exhausted. Latterly she became the first Australian ship to launch an aircraft from a turntable (which shot down a German scout after a 60 mile chase), and was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918. Sydney left England for home in April 1919 and was broken up ten years later, her foremast being preserved as a memorial to Australian sailors killed in action.
Sold for £4,712
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KULLBERG, LONDON, NO. 9035, CIRCA 1916, ORIGINALLY SUPPLIED TO H.M.A.S. SYDNEY
the 4in. silvered dial signed VICTOR KULLBERG MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN & ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS 105 Liverpool Rd. London N., with government mark and number '9035' in subsidiary seconds dial, blued-steel hands, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with Kullberg auxiliary and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates with repeat number and government mark to the top plate, contained in a gimbal-mounted bowl in three-tier mahogany box with Government-issue plate -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square; together with photocopies of original receipt and list of ships issued from December 1916
Purchased direct from Kullberg December 1916 and issued to H.M.A.S. Sydney from February 1917 until May 1919. A Town Class destroyer of 1912, the Sydney saw early (and victorious) action in the War against the Emden, at the Battle of Cocos. Perhaps her most singular action, at which this instrument was present, was her duel with Zeppelin L43 in the Humber estuary on 4th May 1917. Neither side was injured and the action was broken off when their ammunition was exhausted. Latterly she became the first Australian ship to launch an aircraft from a turntable (which shot down a German scout after a 60 mile chase), and was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918. Sydney left England for home in April 1919 and was broken up ten years later, her foremast being preserved as a memorial to Australian sailors killed in action.
the 4in. silvered dial signed VICTOR KULLBERG MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, THE INDIAN & ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS 105 Liverpool Rd. London N., with government mark and number '9035' in subsidiary seconds dial, blued-steel hands, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with Kullberg auxiliary and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates with repeat number and government mark to the top plate, contained in a gimbal-mounted bowl in three-tier mahogany box with Government-issue plate -- 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) square; together with photocopies of original receipt and list of ships issued from December 1916
Purchased direct from Kullberg December 1916 and issued to H.M.A.S. Sydney from February 1917 until May 1919. A Town Class destroyer of 1912, the Sydney saw early (and victorious) action in the War against the Emden, at the Battle of Cocos. Perhaps her most singular action, at which this instrument was present, was her duel with Zeppelin L43 in the Humber estuary on 4th May 1917. Neither side was injured and the action was broken off when their ammunition was exhausted. Latterly she became the first Australian ship to launch an aircraft from a turntable (which shot down a German scout after a 60 mile chase), and was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918. Sydney left England for home in April 1919 and was broken up ten years later, her foremast being preserved as a memorial to Australian sailors killed in action.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Implacable), 26th Oct, 2011
