DESCRIPTION:
Thomas John Murday, Reason Manufacturing Co., Brighton, England, a rare Murday electromagnetic timepiece with large horizontal balance, the turned mahogany base below a round brass plate with two cylindrical pillars supporting the movement, and flanking the large steel balance with brass weights, blued steel hairspring and Hipp toggle, the movement with a single square brass plate and three wheel train, transparent roman numeral dial with blued steel hands, all mounted to a footed, deeply molded turned mahogany base with conforming dome
CONDITION:
mahogany base good and in original finish, brass base plate missing manufacturer's engraved plate, brass components with minor spotting, staining, and tarnish, some steel components with specks of oxide, dial restored, protective lacquer with orange peel, movement dirty, but complete and functional, impulse arm assembly replaced, dome good, condition of circuitry unknown
ESTIMATE:
$1800
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$2500
PRICE SOLD:
$3600
CIRCA: 1910
DIMENSIONS: 13in x 8in x
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