Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2248Location: BoltonDate / Time: September 11, 2004 12:00PM
Description:
Two Day Marine Chronometer, No. 7719, by H. Hughes & Son Ltd., 59 Fenchurch St., London, the silvered dial with Roman numerals, Arabic subsidiary seconds dial and up-and- down dial, silver hands and lock, with fusee movement in lacquered-brass bowl on gimbals, in brass-bound mahogany case with star finial and inset handles, wd. 7 in., in dovetailed mahogany outer case with plaque L. Leroy & Cie, 7 Bould de la Madeleine, Paris, No. 1174.
Estimate $3,000-5,000