10th May, 2016 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Courageous')

 
  Lot 207
 

207

[M] A FINE 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE,...

A FINE 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1855
the 4½in. silvered dial signed John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, 2702, maker to the Admiralty, gold hands with blued-steel subsidiaries, Earnshaw Escapement with Poole's auxiliary compensation set within a counterweighted and gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with tipsy key, with numbered maker's plate and inset handles, approximately -- 9in. (23cm.) square

Sold for £7,440
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
In fine overall condition and running well at the time of cataloguing.

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A FINE 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY JOHN POOLE, LONDON, CIRCA 1855
the 4½in. silvered dial signed John Poole, 57 Fenchurch Street, London, 2702, maker to the Admiralty, gold hands with blued-steel subsidiaries, Earnshaw Escapement with Poole's auxiliary compensation set within a counterweighted and gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with tipsy key, with numbered maker's plate and inset handles, approximately -- 9in. (23cm.) square
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