2nd May, 2017 12:00

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

 
  Lot 215
 

215

[M] A PITOMETER LOG BY MERCER, ST ALBANS, CIRCA...

A PITOMETER LOG BY MERCER, ST ALBANS, CIRCA 1960
with 3in. clock dial, inscribed Pitometer Log / the British Pitometer Co. Ltd, London & Kilmarnock, black painted hands, mounted to a two-day going barrel and drive train movement, mounted on spotted steel plates signed as per title, and mounted in typically brass bulkhead clock case with bevelled glass cover -- 8in. (20.5cm.) wide;together with two marine distance meters; a Walker's log impeller and a large mounted lens
(5)

Sold for £558
Estimated at £200 - £400

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Pitometer in running order at time of cataloguing.

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A PITOMETER LOG BY MERCER, ST ALBANS, CIRCA 1960
with 3in. clock dial, inscribed Pitometer Log / the British Pitometer Co. Ltd, London & Kilmarnock, black painted hands, mounted to a two-day going barrel and drive train movement, mounted on spotted steel plates signed as per title, and mounted in typically brass bulkhead clock case with bevelled glass cover -- 8in. (20.5cm.) wide;together with two marine distance meters; a Walker's log impeller and a large mounted lens
(5)
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