Sold for:
$1,659
$1,659
Two-Day Marine Chronometer by Joseph Sewell, Liverpool, the three-tier mahogany box with applied boss marked 5929 , brass fittings and side carrying handles, lacquered brass gimbals and bowl, 4 1/8 in. silvered brass Roman numeral dial engraved Joseph Sewill, 61 Castle St. Liverpool. , 56-hour Up-Down indicator, seconds bit, and 5929 , blued steel hands, two-day movement with chain drive fusee, helical hairspring, split balance with adjustment screws and brass weights, spring detent escapement, bowl inside backplate and back of dial stamped 15504 , key and timing record dated 1961 for the ship Arabia , (lacking brass case corner), ht. 8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-07-25
