30th Apr, 2014 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Seraph)

 
  Lot 206
 

206

[M] A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JAMES McCABE,...

A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JAMES McCABE, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
the three-tier case with drop-down handles to the sides and brass plaque inscribed 1856 to the front, brass bowl and gimbal, 80 mm. diameter Roman dial signed James McCabe./Royal Exchange,/London./No.1856, gold hands, subsidiary seconds ring, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, the cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights and four timing screws, blued-steel helical spring, the plain top plate with repeat signature and number -- 6 1/8 in. (15.25 cm.) square, the box; winding key

Sold for £3,100
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Runs well; no key; case restored; components re-lacquered.

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A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JAMES McCABE, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
the three-tier case with drop-down handles to the sides and brass plaque inscribed 1856 to the front, brass bowl and gimbal, 80 mm. diameter Roman dial signed James McCabe./Royal Exchange,/London./No.1856, gold hands, subsidiary seconds ring, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, the cut bimetallic balance with segmental heat compensation weights and four timing screws, blued-steel helical spring, the plain top plate with repeat signature and number -- 6 1/8 in. (15.25 cm.) square, the box; winding key
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