A late 19th century German mahogany and brass two day marine chronometer

Chronometer-Werke G.M.B.H., Hamburg, No.484 3

Chronometer-Werke G.M.B.H., Hamburg, No.484
The signed and numbered three-part case with twin handles and a brass name plaque, the signed and numbered 4 inch silvered dial with outer minute track and Roman hours encircling the running seconds dial and power reserve dial marked 0-56 hours, with brass hands and blued-steel hands, the chain fusee movement with maintaining power and freesprung cut and compensated bimetallic Guillaume balance with blued steel helical spring to an Earnshaw type detent escapement, set in a numbered weighted gimbaled bowl with sprung winding cover and securing bracket. Sold with a brass tipsy key and case key.
20cms (7 1/2ins) high (3)