Earnshaw-type Naval Chronometer no. 640, carried successively on board HMS Fly and then on HMS Rattlesnake for the survey of the Australian coast

by James Murray, horologist

A$84,000 · Offered by Hordern House

Signed

London: James Murray in the Royal Exchange, circa 1829. Fine marine box chronometer, 3-inch silvered dial signed James Murray Royal Exchange on the face, brass casing and gimbal, in the original brass-inlaid mahogany box 135 x 135 x 135 mm. , ivory lozenge to front reading Murray 640 , original handles and pierced winding key; small seconds hand an old replacement, lacks locking key and one of the small brass inlays, but a most attractive

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