REID & SONS MARINE 2 DAY CHRONOMETER, ENGLAND. 1875
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:27249349 | Primary Material: wood, metal, glass |
| Maker: Reid and Sons, makers to the British Admiralty |
REID & SONS MARINE 2 DAY CHRONOMETER, ENGLAND. 1875
Material: wood, metal, glass.The chronometer was made in 1875 by Reid and Sons in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.A marine chronometer with a double hinged lid. The top section of the lid opens using a push button to reveal another lid with a glass panel in the top. The chronometer can be viewed through the glass panel. The chronometer sits in a metal ring that is fixed inside the box with two screws. The chronometers me...chanism is encased in a circular brass surround. The dial or face of the chronometer is white with black Roman numerals from 'I' to 'XII' marked around the edge. There are two smaller dials towards the middle of the main dial. The upper dial is marked from '0' to '56' while the lower dial is marked from '10' to '60'. A circular glass cover sits over the face of the chronometer. A metal handles are missing on either side of the box. There is a key hole in the centre front of the box and a rectangular disc above the key hole. The key is missing.
Text on the face of the chronometer reads:
«REID & SONSю NEWCASTLE on TYNE»
Registration number: 8272
Production date: 1875
Height: 190 mm
Width: 185 mm
Depth: 185 mm
Weight: 4300 gr
Country of Manufacture: England
Manufacturer: Reid and Sons, makers to the British Admiralty, London, 1875Please read carefully:The chronometer starts working only when placed upside down and continues working in vertical position. Once placed in normal horizontal position it stops.
Material: wood, metal, glass.The chronometer was made in 1875 by Reid and Sons in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.A marine chronometer with a double hinged lid. The top section of the lid opens using a push button to reveal another lid with a glass panel in the top. The chronometer can be viewed through the glass panel. The chronometer sits in a metal ring that is fixed inside the box with two screws. The chronometers me...chanism is encased in a circular brass surround. The dial or face of the chronometer is white with black Roman numerals from 'I' to 'XII' marked around the edge. There are two smaller dials towards the middle of the main dial. The upper dial is marked from '0' to '56' while the lower dial is marked from '10' to '60'. A circular glass cover sits over the face of the chronometer. A metal handles are missing on either side of the box. There is a key hole in the centre front of the box and a rectangular disc above the key hole. The key is missing.
Text on the face of the chronometer reads:
«REID & SONSю NEWCASTLE on TYNE»
Registration number: 8272
Production date: 1875
Height: 190 mm
Width: 185 mm
Depth: 185 mm
Weight: 4300 gr
Country of Manufacture: England
Manufacturer: Reid and Sons, makers to the British Admiralty, London, 1875Please read carefully:The chronometer starts working only when placed upside down and continues working in vertical position. Once placed in normal horizontal position it stops.
