$5,310
"8-Day Marine Chronometer" Thomas Mercer Ltd, St. Albans, England, No. 8244, supplied by W. T. Story Ltd, 244, Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness, No. 8260. Made for the Hispanic market, circa 1950. Fine and rare, mahogany, 8-day marine chronometer with power reserve indication. Silvered, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, power reserve dial below 12. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes Barrow-In-Furness was one of the major British shipbuilding yards of the 19th and 20th Centuries. This chronometer would have been bought from Thomas Mercer Ltd and supplied by W. T. Story for a ship being built for a Hispanic client. The indications on the power reserve dial are in Spanish.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
