A9261

Silver Deck Chronometer by Dent

£8,500.00

Signed  E J Dent Watchmaker to the Queen London 11424
Hallmarked London   1847
A mid 19th Century English chronometer by Dent in a silver open face case and mahogany deck box.
Diameter   58 mm       Depth   14.5 mm

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Description

A mid 19th Century English chronometer by Dent in a silver open face case and mahogany deck box.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Blue steel ratchet click and spring for the barrel setup.  Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with circular silver inset bearing the broad ministry arrow, diamond endstone.  Large compensation balance with freesprung helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, fine blue steel hands. Substantial plain silver open face case with gold hinges, maker's mark “LT” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  Fitted in a three tier mahogany deck box with brass furniture.  Signed and numbered circular plaque set in the lid bearing the broad ministry arrow.  Spare glass and label from the Royal observatory, Greenwich dated 1892.

A fine mid 19th Century English chronometer.   The log page for the chronometer shows it was bought from Dent on February 1850 and first served on HMS Vulcan.  In July 1861 it was on HMS Hecate, a wood paddle sloop assigned to the Royal Navy Australian Squadron (1859 – 1913).  This conducted surveys of Botany Bay, Moreton Bay and Brisbane River in 1863 and 1864.  It was returned  to  the Royal Observatory Greenwich in1871 and was eventually exchanged for hack watches from Usher & Cole on 15th October 1915.  Grateful thanks to Jonathan Betts and Peter Linstead-Smith OBE for their help

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