Whyte & Co. Glasgow, No. 3344

Circa 1899

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205mm. square box

A very fine mahogany-cased eight-day marine chronometer. DIAL The 127mm. diameter silvered dial is signed and numbered WHYTE & COY. MAKERS TO THE ADMIRALTY 144. BROOMIELAW GLASGOW 3344 with two further red-filled exhibition garter for the EDINBURGH EXHIBITION 1886 awarded SILVER MEDAL, Arabic outer minute track and inner concentric Roman hour chapters with fine quality gold spade hands, up-and-down sector at XII (0-8) and large seconds ring at VI numbered inside 3344 � both with blued steel hands. MOVEMENT The movement has finely spotted brass plate with main frame carrying the barrel, reversed fusee and centre wheel, sub assembly with chain guard carrying the remained of the train and escapement with cut bimetallic balance with circular heat compensation weights, blued steel helical spring and Earnshaw-type spring foot detent with jewelled locking stone. BOX Brass bowl punch-numbered 4745 on the inside and spring-loaded winding cover to the underside, three-tier box with vacant bone plaque to the front, scalloped brass escutcheon to the bottom section, flush brass handles to the sides. The number 4745 punched on the inside of the bowl indicates that Thomas Mercer & Co. supplied it circa 1889 Whyte, Thomson & Co was in business at 144 Broomielaw, Glasgow as nautical instrument suppliers and compass adjusters from 1872 to 1924.