2-day chronometer signed “Porthouse French Makers to the Adm - Lot 22

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2-day chronometer signed “Porthouse French Makers to the Adm - Lot 22
2-day chronometer signed “Porthouse French Makers to the Admiralty, 16 Northampton Square, London, 7739,” circa 1868. Silvered dial, Roman numerals, power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock, small seconds at 6 o’clock, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel seconds hand. Classic double-plate movement with tool-reversal decoration, cylindrical pillars, fusée with chain, detent escapement, blued steel cylindrical balance spring; No. 7739 stamped on the reverse of the dial plate; brass gimbal suspension, polished mahogany case with an inspection cover featuring a coat of arms, brass handles and reinforcements, and an applied ivorine plate bearing the manufacturer’s name ‘7739 Porthouse French London’. 18.2 x 18.5 x 19 cm. Successors to Thomas Porthouse (c. 1794–1860), Porthouse French began operations in 1862 when they exhibited “chronometers and watches for domestic and foreign markets” at the London International Exhibition. Expert: Anthony TURNER
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