A Victorian Gilt-Brass Quarter chiming giant chronometer carriage clock of exhibition quality with flat-rim balance Victor Kullberg, London. No. 6037, movement stamped J M 8158; circa 1890 The case with foliate cast bracket feet to the moulded plinth, deeply chamfered angles flanking large bevelled glasses, the moulded top inset with a similar glass and mounted with a large scrolling handle, hinged door to the arched silvered dial signed Victor Kullberg London No. 6037 and flanked by garter testimonials; on the left the Royal Appointment to H.M. The King of Sweden and Norway and on the right prize medals awarded: 1860, 1862 & 1864 , the Roman chapter ring with large subsidiary seconds ring and finely sculpted blued steel hands, chime/silent lever above XII, the massive movement with six pillars secured to the back and front plates with blued steel screws, the plates and all brass surfaces finely spotted including the large chronometer platform with Earnshaw-type escapement with palladium helical spring to Kullberg's flat-rim balance with heat compensation weights and timing screws, triple chain fusees with Westminster chime on four gongs and hour strike on further gong; with original leather travelling case and gilt winding key 14¼ ins. (36 cm) high (3)
A Victorian Gilt-Brass Quarter chiming giant chronometer carriage clock of exhibition quality with flat-rim balance Victor Kullberg, London. No. 6037, movement stamped J M 8158; circa 1890 The case with foliate cast bracket feet to the moulded plinth, deeply chamfered angles flanking large bevelled glasses, the moulded top inset with a similar glass and mounted with a large scrolling handle, hinged door to the arched silvered dial signed Victor Kullberg London No. 6037 and flanked by garter testimonials; on the left the Royal Appointment to H.M. The King of Sweden and Norway and on the right prize medals awarded: 1860, 1862 & 1864 , the Roman chapter ring with large subsidiary seconds ring and finely sculpted blued steel hands, chime/silent lever above XII, the massive movement with six pillars secured to the back and front plates with blued steel screws, the plates and all brass surfaces finely spotted including the large chronometer platform with Earnshaw-type escapement with palladium helical spring to Kullberg's flat-rim balance with heat compensation weights and timing screws, triple chain fusees with Westminster chime on four gongs and hour strike on further gong; with original leather travelling case and gilt winding key 14¼ ins. (36 cm) high (3)
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