A two-day marine chronometer, the silvered dial signed Bassnett's, 11 Waterloo Road, Liverpool No. 6004, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bi-metallic balance, round temperature compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent, brass bowl and gimbal in glazed two-tier plain mahogany box with recessed brass handles, ivory plaque inscribed Bassnetts 6004 Liverpool to front of top section

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A two-day marine chronometer, the silvered dial signed Bassnett's, 11 Waterloo Road, Liverpool No. 6004, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down dials, blued steel hands, Earnshaw escapement, cut bi-metallic balance, round temperature compensation weights, blued steel helical balance spring, spring foot detent, brass bowl and gimbal in glazed two-tier plain mahogany box with recessed brass handles, ivory plaque inscribed Bassnetts 6004 Liverpool to front of top section
104mm. diam.

Lot Essay

This chronometer was made for Bassnett's by Thomas Mercer Ltd.
in and carries their number 12060 on the dial-plate and bowl.

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