Marine chronometer Charles Haley, London

It was made approximately 1790-1810

Diameter of the dial is 67 mm., and movement - is 47 mm

Sizes of the wooden box is 145/145/150 mm

The chronometer movement is in good working condition

The chronometer runs strong and keeps good time.

The two-day duration movement has Earnshaw spring-detent escapement with a bimetallic.

Charles Haley, 7 Wigmore Street, was made a Freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1781 and died in 1825.   He was a pioneer chronometer maker and was granted a patent, No. 2132, in 1796 for a constant force escapement. A watch fitted with this device is preserved in the Guildhall Museum, London*. He was appointed by the Select Committee of the House of Commons to report on Mudge’s timekeepers and application for a reward.