£5,600
AN UNUSUAL TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY J SEWILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1870
4in. silver dial signed 'J SEWILL ROYAL EXCHANGE 30 CORN HILL LONDON MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY' 4260 with secondary address '61, SO, CASTLE ST LIVERPOOL', 24 hour dial with red filled Arabic numerals, gold spade and poker hands with secondary and up/down dials, fusée movement within spotted plates, stamped on the rim '4062', Earnshaw escapement standard mercer type balance, contained within gimbal mounted bowl with tipsy key, locking arm, best bound box with inset drop handles (top lid replaced), approximately -- 7ins. (18cm.) cubed, IDN: FBKT86WW
top lid is a later replacement, movement runnning well at the time of cataloguing
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