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AN 8-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY BARRAUD’S, LONDON, No.639, CIRCA 1820
the 4in. silvered dial signed as per title, Barraud’s up/down aperture over ‘VI’, blued spade hands, Earnshaw escapement with OZ-type balance, blued helical spring, jewelled locking stone, mounted in gimballed brass bowl with Barraud ‘butterfly’ winding assembly within three-tier mahogany box (later), approximately -- 7in. (18cm.) square
£2000-3000
165. A 2-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY J. W. RAY & CO., 60 DALE ST. LIVERPOOL, NO.262, CIRCA 1919
the 4in. silvered dial signed and numbered as per title, up/down and subsidiary second dials, blued spade hands, Earnshaw escapement with bi-metallic balance, steel helical balance, jewelled locking stone, stamped ‘10824’ on back plate with counter stamp inside bowl, gimbal-mounted within three-tier mahogany box with numbered ivorine maker’s plate to middle section, approximately -- 7in. (18cm.) square.
The movements for Ray & Co. chronometers were provided by Mercers and their number (10824) corresponds to manufacture in 1917.
£1000-1500
A HAMILTON ‘NAVIGATION MASTER’ DECK WATCH FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, CIRCA 1942
with 1¾in. enamel dial signed HAMILTON, Arabic numerals, blued spade hands with sweep seconds, the movement counter-signed and numbered ‘30225’, lever escapement, ‘3992B [calibre], 22 jewels, adjusted to 6 positions and temperature’, Government mark, contained within a chromed steel case, the back signed and inscribed over earlier Hydrographic marks ‘H.S. 527- 3637 Serial No. 601-1942 (‘H.S. 3’ cancelled), contained within fitted box of issue with serial numbers in lid -- 1½ x 3¾ x 5in. (4 x 9.5 x 12.7cm.)
£400-600 167.
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-CASED KEYLESS DECK WATCH BY VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, PRODUCED FOR THE BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, 1940S
with 2in. matt silvered dial signed as per title with Arabic numerals and blued-steel spade hands with sweep seconds, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement with Guillaume balance and special alloy Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer, movement counter-signed and numbered ‘454898’, contained in fully-marked silver case numbered ‘286295’ stamped on reverse ‘H.S. 2 54898’ with Government broad arrow mark (suspension fob missing) -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) diameter
£1200-1800
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