$2,607
Two-Day Marine Chronometer by William Bond & Son, Boston, No. 541, with 4-inch dia. silvered brass dial inscribed William Bond & Son, Boston, No. 541 , Roman numerals, UP-DOWN indicator and seconds dial below, gilt spade hour and minute hands, blued-steel indicator and seconds, screw fit glazed bezel engraved on the dial reflector, Wm. Bond & Sons Break Circuit and USA , brass gimbal and bowl, chain drive 3/4 spotted plate fusee movement with maintaining power, two arm split bi-metallic balance, helical hairspring and break circuit attachment on movement and bowl in a two-tier rosewood and brass-bound box with mother-of-pearl plaque marked Wm. Bond and Son, Boston and carrying handles together with the original walnut padded transport box. No significant repairs, replacements or restoration, break circuit elements appear to be complete, brass hardware in old lacquer, leather strap only partially there on outer carrying box, lacking a tipsey key.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-20
