Bidspirit auction | DENT, 61 STRAND & ROYAL

DENT, 61 STRAND & ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. No. 50958. A RARE TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH STAPLE ESCAPEMENT housed in a mahogany three-tier box enclosing a gimballed lacquered brass bowl, the 4” silvered dial with Roman chapter ring surrounding subsidiary seconds dial and power reserve fronting a jewelled chain driven fusee movement with Harrison maintaining power and patent staple escapement with helical spring and Z-shaped balance wheel, the original mahogany case retains the firm’s trade label under the lid. (20cm high)