£3,000 - £4,000
Ø AN EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER PROBABLY BY R. & W. ROSKELL AND RETAILED BY J.G. FAIERS, LONDON, CIRCA 1830
4¼in. silvered dial inscribed J.G. Faiers Watchmaker / 32 Sloane Square SW and numbered 564/43791, oxidised hands with subsidiary seconds at 'XII' and 'VI', plain plates with fusée movement to Earnshaw escapement with bi-metallic standard balance, contained within gimbal mounted glass bowl with threaded faceplate, suspended in three-tier wooden case with locking arm, winding key and drop handles, approximately -- 7½in. (19cm.) cubed, IDN supplied
running well at the time of cataloguing, top lid possibly replaced and key possibly later
IDN:Y92FU98X
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