30th Apr, 2014 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Seraph)
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[M] A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KELVIN &...
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KELVIN & WILFRED O. WHITE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY
the 4in. silvered Roman dial with 56-hour up/down dial, seconds dial numbered to the centre '15335', retail signature KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO./BOSTON & NEW YORK, blued-steel hands, inscribed along the lower minute track MADE IN ENGLAND, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates, repeat numbers to bowl and reverse of dial (lacking gimbal and box)
the 4in. silvered Roman dial with 56-hour up/down dial, seconds dial numbered to the centre '15335', retail signature KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO./BOSTON & NEW YORK, blued-steel hands, inscribed along the lower minute track MADE IN ENGLAND, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates, repeat numbers to bowl and reverse of dial (lacking gimbal and box)
Sold for £682
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY KELVIN & WILFRED O. WHITE, EARLY 20TH-CENTURY
the 4in. silvered Roman dial with 56-hour up/down dial, seconds dial numbered to the centre '15335', retail signature KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO./BOSTON & NEW YORK, blued-steel hands, inscribed along the lower minute track MADE IN ENGLAND, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates, repeat numbers to bowl and reverse of dial (lacking gimbal and box)
the 4in. silvered Roman dial with 56-hour up/down dial, seconds dial numbered to the centre '15335', retail signature KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO./BOSTON & NEW YORK, blued-steel hands, inscribed along the lower minute track MADE IN ENGLAND, chain fusee with Earnshaw-type escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, spot-finished plates, repeat numbers to bowl and reverse of dial (lacking gimbal and box)
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Seraph), 30th Apr, 2014
