A mahogany cased two-day marine chronometer Reid & Sons, Newcastle on Tyne, circa 1900 The four-pillar full-plate movement with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, split bi-metallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, with spotted backplate and 4 inch silvered circular Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and power reserve dials and signed REID & SONS MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, with engraved gold and silver medals and London, Paris 1875 Prize awards crests flanking Up/Down dial and numbered 6555 within SILVER MEDAL, HIGHEST AWARD TYNEMOUTH - 1882 to seconds dial, set into a lacquered brass bowl with screw-down bezel mounted within gimbals and in a two-tier mahogany case with bevel glazed lid and ivory plaque with repeat signature to front, escapement with damge, 17cm high. The firm of Reid & Sons are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Volume 2 as working in Newcastle upon Tyne from 1827. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue.
A mahogany cased two-day marine chronometer Reid & Sons, Newcastle on Tyne, circa 1900 The four-pillar full-plate movement with Harrison's maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, split bi-metallic balance with cylindrical compensation weights and helical balance spring, with spotted backplate and 4 inch silvered circular Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and power reserve dials and signed REID & SONS MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, with engraved gold and silver medals and London, Paris 1875 Prize awards crests flanking Up/Down dial and numbered 6555 within SILVER MEDAL, HIGHEST AWARD TYNEMOUTH - 1882 to seconds dial, set into a lacquered brass bowl with screw-down bezel mounted within gimbals and in a two-tier mahogany case with bevel glazed lid and ivory plaque with repeat signature to front, escapement with damge, 17cm high. The firm of Reid & Sons are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Volume 2 as working in Newcastle upon Tyne from 1827. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue.
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