A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-BOUND TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
CHARLES FRODSHAM, LONDON, NO. 2680. CIRCA 1865
Three tier box (lid lacking) with ivory roundel signed 'CHAS. FRODSHAM/84 Strand/LONDON/NO 2680', brass bowl and gimbal, 100 mm. diameter silvered dial with subsidiary state of wind and seconds rings, repeat signature, movement with single chain fusee with maintaining power, spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance with circular temperature compensation weights, blued steel helical spring, top plate signed 'Charles Frodsham London'; tipsy winding key
The box -- 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Price Realized £1,625
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