MORRIS TOBIAS. 31 MINORIES, LONDON. NO. 326. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY EIGHT DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH ORIGINAL PADDED GUARD BOX The three-tier mahogany case with solid top, numeral plaque to the centre, and brass side handles on a felt base, the brass lacquered gimballed bowl with threaded bezel and convex glass enclosing a 4.25 inch signed silvered Roman dial with minute band enclosing the blued-steel hands, large subsidiary seconds dial and power reserve dial marked in days, 1-8 - the large chain driven fusee movement with crescent-shaped backplate and three large turned pillars, the escapement set on a subplate with free-sprung blued steel spring with diamond endstone to an Earnshaw detent escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, the box fitted with original marine ivory and brass tipsy key - sold with a folder of information including copies of Certificates of Competency for Second Mate, First Mate and Master of it's owner, Henry Jones Hanson, together with a rate card in his own hand for 1898 and other personal information.