Lot n° 69
A 19th century mahogany eight day marine chronometer
Barraud, Cornhill, London, 5264
the three part case with inset brass plaque to the lid over exterior handles. The 4.75inch signed silvered Roman dial with subsidiary seconds, the power reserve written in block capitals and revealed through a shaped aperture below the centre. The chain fusee movement with diamond endstone to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance with keystone shaped weights on a blued steel helical spring to an Earnshaw type detent escapement, set in a weighted gimballed bowl with locking lever and safety winding key to the interior corner. Ticking. 20cms (7.75ins) high.
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