Frodsham and Baker, 31 Gracechurch St., London, two day marine chronometer with Molyneux's auxiliary compensation, 11 jewel fusee movement with Earnshaw's escapement, and freesprung, cut bimetallic balance with diamond endstone, blued steel helical
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24 October 2024
box and movement by association, movement running, plates with minor staining, some steel with scattered, minor oxide, balance spring with losses to bluing, dial with minor marks and dirt, hands good, bowl with dings and scratches, small gap between bezel and dial, bezel and bowl thread with wear, care required when tightening, box refinished and with minor splits and losses to veneer, rectangular name/ number plate on box front removed, the recess now with putty filler, some lifting and loss to brass inlay. See Gould, "The Marine Chronometer", p. 184, for mention of the Molyneux's use of jewelling in his auxiliary attachments.
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Frodsham and Baker, 31 Gracechurch St., London, two day marine chronometer with Molyneux's auxiliary compensation, 11 jewel fusee movement with Earnshaw's escapement, and freesprung, cut bimetallic balance with diamond endstone, blued steel helical balance spring and jewelled auxiliary compensation, Roman numeral silvered dial with wind indicator and gold spade and poker hands, contained in a brass bowl, and mounted in a very decorative, brass inlaid, rosewood veneered mahogany box with gimbals and lacquered brass furniture box and movement by association, movement running, plates with minor staining, some steel with scattered, minor oxide, balance spring with losses to bluing, dial with minor marks and dirt, hands good, bowl with dings and scratches, small gap between bezel and dial, bezel and bowl thread with wear, care required when tightening, box refinished and with minor splits and losses to veneer, rectangular name/ number plate on box front removed, the recess now with putty filler, some lifting and loss to brass inlay. See Gould, "The Marine Chronometer", p. 184, for mention of the Molyneux's use of jewelling in his auxiliary attachments.
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