Beschreibung:

A REGENCY EIGHT-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER Barraud, No. 999, circa 1824 A particularly small eight-day marine chronometer, the silvered dial signed and numbered Barraud's LONDON 999 , Roman hour numerals, blued steel beetle-and-poker hands, subsidiary seconds dial with blued steel hand (at XII), up-and-down aperture, full-plate movement with raised barrel bridge inscribed Barraud's Cornhill. LONDON 999 , Earnshaw escapement positioned on and flush with the top-plate, circular sub-frame assembly carrying escape wheel and potance ( underslung ), the spring detent set in a keyhole recess with inverted locking jewel and cut bimetallic Pennington format balance with peripheral screws, blued steel helical balance spring, brass bowl with Barraud's butterfly clockwise winding assembly, gimballed in plain three-tier mahogany box, the middle section with bone ivory disc inscribed 999 , external brass drop handles 85 mm. dial diam., 135 mm. sq. box