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Chronometer E. Dent & Co, N.° 3047

1860-75 E. Dent & Co. ‘Chronometer Maker to the Queen’. London with rare 24-hour silvered dialplate

Type of object:

Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf

Time period:

Britain rules the waves + France

Place:

London

Date:

1865

Maker / Author:

Edward Dent & Co

Publisher / Printer:

Edward Dent , his widow and son

Dimensions:

17.5 x 17.5 x 18.0 high

Material:

Brass glass en mahogany case

Graduation:

rare 24 hours silvered dialplate

Inscription:

DENT, 61 Strand, London, Chronometer Maket to the Queen Nr. 3047
On document in lit: E. Dent & Co “ successors to the late E.I. Dent & F. Dent

Provenance:

Fontijn antiek Stellingmolen 51, 1444 GV Pumerend

References:

‘Chronometers of the world’ Tony Mercer Pag 129
‘The Marine Chronometer, its history and development’, John Cronin

Image by Austin Neill

Description

Nice two days ( 56 hours) running chronometer of a famous family of chonometermakers vfor the Queen and the navy

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