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ROBERT ROSKELL NO. 1611/62106; CIRCA 1860
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A Victorian Two-day marine chronometer
Robert Roskell No. 1611/62106; circa 1860
The silvered dial signed Robert Roskell MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY LIVERPOOL No. 1611/62106, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial with blued steel hand and up-and-down dial with gold hand, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, polished gilt finish brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass bound rosewood box with external brass drop handles, the middle section with inset unsigned bone disc
100 mm. dial diam.; box 178 mm. sq.
Robert Roskell No. 1611/62106; circa 1860
The silvered dial signed Robert Roskell MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY LIVERPOOL No. 1611/62106, Roman hour numerals, gold hour and minute hands, subsidiary seconds dial with blued steel hand and up-and-down dial with gold hand, Earnshaw escapement, cut bimetallic balance with cylindrical heat compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone, polished gilt finish brass bowl and gimbal, three-tier brass bound rosewood box with external brass drop handles, the middle section with inset unsigned bone disc
100 mm. dial diam.; box 178 mm. sq.