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Vacheron Constantin Chronometer
By Vacheron Constantin
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptionally rare and important precision chronometer, or deck watch, was crafted by the
Category
20th Century Swiss Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Marine Chronometer By Wempe
Located in Amersham, GB
A Chronometerwerke Hamburg type 5 two day marine chronometer by Wempe numbered 5077. The free
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Thomas Mercer Chronometer Carriage Timepiece
By Thomas Mercer
Located in Amersham, GB
An English gilt brass chronometer carriage timepiece with original travelling case, key and bill of
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Brass
1974 Omega Watch Speedsonic Chronometer Seamaster f300
By Omega
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1974 Vintage Omega Watch Speedsonic Chronometer Seamaster f300
Stainless Steel with Gold tone
Swiss
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Stainless Steel
Two Day Marine Chronometer, John Bliss, New York
By John Bliss & Co.
Located in Norwich, GB
A Fine Two Day Marine Chronometer By John Bliss and Co, New York. No.3068
Two day marine
Category
Antique 1890s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Railway Chronometer - Brass Jumbo Pocket Watch or Wall Clock
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Midcentury novelty Jumbo Pocket Watch or small Wall Clock. It is called Railway Chronometer. The
Category
Vintage 1970s South African Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
A Fine Early 19th Century Marine Chronometer By Parkinson And Frodsham
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An early 19th century 2 day marine chronometer by Parkinson and Frodsham, London. Numbered on the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Fine Scottish Two-Day Marine Chronometer Signed and Numbered D. McGregor
By D. McGregor & Co. 1
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Fine Scottish Two-Day Marine Chronometer Signed and Numbered D. McGregor Glasgow No 2241, c. 1870
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Two Day Marine Chronometer, G.H & C Gowland, Sunderland No.1931
Located in Norwich, GB
A fine two Day Marine Chronometer by G.H & C Gowland, Sunderland No. 1931
Two day marine
Category
Antique 1870s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Mahogany
1920s Art Déco Swiss Sterling Silver and Enamel Movado Ermeto Watch/Chronometer
By Movado
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Art Déco Swiss sterling silver and enamel Movado Ermeto expandible watch/chronometer
By
Category
Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
H 1.5 in W 2 in D 0.5 in
Early 19th Century 2 Day Marine Chronometer by James McCabe, No. 199
By James McCabe
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Number 199, a two day marine chronometer by James McCabe, London, beautifully signed and numbered
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A 19th Century Mahogany Stick Barometer by Keen and Frodsham
Located in Pewsey, GB
Keen, based in Liverpool, England, who primarily produced high-quality marine chronometers and other
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Early 19th Century Antique Bracket Clock by Grimalde & Johnson of London
By Grimaldi & Johnson
Located in Devon, GB
the strand, London. They were also known to have made chronometers.
See Brian Loomes ‘Watchmakers
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Mantel Clocks
Materials
Wood
Victorian Walnut Bracket Clock by Barraud & Lund, London
Located in Norwich, GB
regarded London makers and were celebrated for their high quality chronometers, regulators, pocket watches
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Thomas Walker & Sons Nautical Trade Sign with Ship Log Instrument
By Thomas Walker & Son Ltd. 1
Located in Morristown, NJ
chronometers in Southampton, UK. The sign is beautifully hand-painted with vibrant, gold lettering on a blue
Category
Vintage 1950s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Metal
Rare Pilkington & Gibbs Ltd Antique Heliochronometer Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
excellent patina as it rotates and moves the unusual gnomon.
Also known as Tropical Helio-Chronometer, this
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sundials
Materials
Metal, Bronze
A Parkinson & Frodsham Eight Day Longcase
By Parkinson & Frodsham
Located in Amersham, GB
Parkinson & Frodsham were outstanding chronometer makers, supplying the Admiralty and a number of shipping
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
A Unique Twin Fusee English Carriage Clock by James Moore French
By Santiago James Moore French
Located in Amersham, GB
. A London trade directory dated 1829 has a listing for J. M. Moore advertising as a chronometer maker
Category
Antique 19th Century English Rococo Revival Carriage Clocks and Travel C...
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
A Miniature Skeleton Mantel Clock By Victor Athanase Pierret
By Victor Athanase Pierret
Located in Amersham, GB
pendulum clocks with and without calender indicator, cases for ship’s chronometers, chronometer escapements
Category
Antique 1850s French Industrial Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Victorian Clocks by Richard Good, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
, regulators, skeleton clocks, marine and domestic chronometers, Cole-type clocks, time signals and electric
Category
1990s English Books
Materials
Paper
jaeger alarm clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
world's smallest wristwatch with the most complications and a chronometer with a perpetual movement. Today
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Grimaldi and Johnson, Strand, London. Miniature Bracket Timepiece
By Grimaldi & Johnson
Located in Amersham, GB
, Grimalde & Johnston were celebrated precision chronometer makers, and are known for making this style of
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Regulator by French Royal Exchange
By French Royal Exchange London
Located in Amersham, GB
Greenwich and specialized in the making of chronometers. They were in business at 9 Royal Exchange until
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass
Miniature Egyptian Style Walnut Bracket Clock, Barraud & Lund, London
By Francis Barraud
Located in Norwich, GB
regarded London makers and were celebrated for their high quality chronometers, regulators, pocket watches
Category
Antique 1850s English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Ebonized Bracket Clock by Barraud & Lunds
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
and is in full working order.
Barraud & Lunds:
The company was founded by the eminent chronometer
Category
Antique 19th Century More Clocks
Materials
Hardwood
Striking George IV Eight-Day Rosewood Pagoda Library Clock by French, London
By Santiago James Moore French
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
:
Jonathan Betts, Marine Chronometers at Greenwich, Oxford, 2017, pp 317-18
Brian Loomes, Watchmakers and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century George IV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 9.85 in W 6.3 in D 5.12 in
Rare Vintage Rolex GMT Master 6542 OCC, 1958
By Rolex
Located in CABA, AR
, tag, and chronometer certificate, making it a highly desirable find for horological enthusiasts.
Key
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Mahogany Brass Inlaid Desk Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
clocks including chronometers which accompanied some of the 19th century's most influential explorers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Other
Original Vintage Sport Event Poster Raid Dei Laghi Enna Sicily Automobile Club
Located in London, GB
chronometer clock stopwatch image above and the rest of the text above and below a red and white striped tower
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Posters
Materials
Paper
H 38.59 in W 26.78 in D 0.04 in
George III Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Figural Mantel Clock Signed W. Glover
Located in London, GB
of chronometer quality. Set on a circular black marble base, the putti stands on a scolling, rocco
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 12.6 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Twin Fusee Bracket Clock By Barraud And Lund
Located in Amersham, GB
were noted London makers, celebrated for the their high quality chronometers, regulators, pocket
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
William IV Rosewood and Bronze Bracket Clock by Frodsham 185 & Baker
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
form ‘Frodsham and Baker’ in 1809’. They were chronometer makers to the Admiralty and also made wall
Category
Antique 1830s English Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Miniature Single Fusee Bracket Clock By William Johnston, Strand, London
By Johnson
Located in Amersham, GB
, before setting out on his own, Grimalde & Johnston were celebrated precision chronometer makers, Johnson
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 3.94 in
Pair of American Brass Nautical Taffrail Log Spinners, Negus, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
chronometers and other fine marine instruments. Established as T.S. & J.D. Negus Company in 1845, New York City
Category
Antique 1880s American American Empire Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
‘Royal’ Barometer by John Russell, Watchmaker to the Prince Regent
By John Russell
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
superb gold chronometer of his making, according to H.R.H. gracious order. His Royal Highness, with his
Category
Antique 1810s Scottish Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Three Piece Clock Set by Victor Pierret
By Victor Athanase Pierret
Located in Long Island City, NY
designed and crafted calendar clocks, watch calibers, temperature compensated balances for chronometers
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 18 in W 20 in D 10 in
Best Ever Antique Gothic Revival Grandfather / Longcase Clock by Ferd. Dencker
Located in Lisse, NL
workshop for making marine chronometers and precision pendulum clocks, his ambition being the minimisation
Category
Early 20th Century German Gothic Revival Grandfather Clocks and Longcase...
Materials
Brass, Metal
H 89 in W 23.2 in D 12.2 in
Unusual Flame Mahogany Long-Case Clock Attributed to Maples
By Maple & Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
the wide range of watches and clocks for private customers, Smith's also built reliable chronometers
Category
Antique 1880s English Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Jaeger LeCoultre France 1928 Art Deco Luxhora Cylindrical Desk Clock and Lamp
By Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Miami, FL
a watchmaking workshop in Paris in 1880, and began delivering chronometers to the French navy in
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel, Chrome
19th-Century Flame Mahogany Mantel Clock by Breguet Raised by Lion Paw Feet
By Breguet a Paris
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Breguet et Fils. Breguet had previously sent his son to London to study with the great English chronometer
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 11.03 in W 7.09 in D 5.52 in
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
as a clockmaker under his brother, Jean-Henri. He made his first marine chronometer in 1754 (sent for
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Rolex Chronometer "Northern Goldsmiths" – 1939 Vintage 9K Gold Manual-Wind Watch
Located in Encino, CA
A Rare Pre-WWII Rolex Chronometer with Co-Branded Dial and High-Precision 18-Jewel Movement
This is
Category
Vintage 1930s Swiss Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
Marine Chronometer by Dobbie McInnes. No. 10031
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
Marine chronometer by Dobbie McInnes No. 10031
Three-tier mahogany box with inset cartouche
Category
Antique 1850s Great Britain (UK) Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
Unique Seth Thomas Side Wind Lever Ships Chronometer
By Seth Thomas Clock Company
Located in Palm City, FL
UNIQUE SETH THOMAS SIDE WIND SHIP'S CHRONOMETER LEVER No. 5006 Ca 1899
Seth Thomas, America's
Category
Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects
Antique Marine Chronometer by John Poole, London, circa 1846
By John Poole
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
A fine two day marine chronometer by John Poole, London, No.1064, circa 1846.
Three-tier
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Hamilton WW II M 22 Nautical Chronometer Navigation Watch
By Hamilton
Located in Palm City, FL
Presented is a WW II HAMILTON Model 22, 35 size chronometer watch that was made in a non-gimbaled
Category
Vintage 1940s American Clocks
Antique Marine Chronometer by Dobbie McInnis, Glasgow, circa 1920
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
Marine Chronometer by Dobbie McInnes No. 10031.
Three-tier mahogany box with inset cartouche
Category
Vintage 1920s English Other Nautical Objects
Materials
Wood
Rare 1941 Hamilton M 22 Ship's Boxed Chronometer Watch
By Hamilton
Located in Palm City, FL
Model 22 Chronometer watch that actually served in a Navy ship during WW II as of 1941. That is further
Category
Vintage 1940s American Clocks
Marine Chronometer by J A Walker of Liverpool, circa 1860
By J. Walker
Located in Uppingham, GB
Marine chronometer
J & A. Walker South Castle Street Liverpool 19th century mahogany Marine
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
British Mahogany 2-Day Chronometer Dobbie Mcinnes Ltd, circa 1880
Located in Amsterdam, NL
9-cm engraved silvered dial with Roman numerals, subsidiaries for up/down and seconds, signed Dobbie McInnes Glasgow Greencock SoShields London Makers to the Admiralty, No. 5-4364, s...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Clocks
Materials
Brass
Tobias and Levitt, Minories, London, Mahogany 8-Day Marine Chronometer No.223
By Tobias & Levitt
Located in London, GB
A fine 8-day marine chronometer by this well-known chronometer making firm, the early mahogany
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency More Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
H 7.75 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
Electric oak mantel clock by Matthias Hipp
Located in HAARLEM, NL
as an electrical pendulum clock, a marine chronometer and speedometers for locomotives .
In 1851 Hipp
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Mantel Clocks
Materials
Oak
World War II Hamilton Model 23 Chronograph, 1943
By Hamilton
Located in Houston, TX
models of chronometers to meet the US Armed Forces (particularly the US Navy's) need for an extremely
Category
Vintage 1940s American Historical Memorabilia
Finely Crafted, Brass, Octant with Ivory Register by Charles Pace
By Charles Pace
Located in Houston, TX
Pace, Chronometer and Watch Manufacturer (from London), 418 Batter Street, Between Washington and
Category
Antique 19th Century American Other Scientific Instruments
Specola, LED Wall Lamp, Fire Enamel on Copper, Stripe Led 15W 3000k Dimmable
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few fractions of a second make all the
Category
2010s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Specola, Door Handles, Fire Enamel on Copper
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
on the occasion of the exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few
Category
2010s Italian Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Specola, Led Wall Lamp, Fire Enamel on Copper, Stripe Led 6, 5W 3000k Dimmable
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few fractions of a second make all the
Category
2010s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Specola, Hanger, Fire Enamel on Copper
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
on the occasion of the exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few
Category
2010s Italian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Specola, Dish, Fire Enamel on Copper
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
on the occasion of the exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Specola, Dish on Floor Stand, Fire Enamel on Copper
By Zanellato Bortotto
Located in MARGHERA, Venezia
on the occasion of the exhibition Doppia Firma: "Chronometer in hand, (literally, because a few
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Iron
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Chronometers For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of chronometers for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct chronometers — often made from wood, metal and mahogany — can elevate any home. Chronometers have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Chronometers made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Industrial — are very popular at 1stDibs. Parkinson & Frodsham, Patek Philippe and A. Lange & Söhne each produced beautiful chronometers that are worth considering.
How Much are Chronometers?
Chronometers can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $8,431, while the lowest priced sells for $453 and the highest can go for as much as $24,500.
Questions About Chronometers
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022John Harrison invented the marine chronometer. He was born in 1693 in Foulby in the United Kingdom, and was a carpenter who taught himself clockmaking. Shop a variety of authentic marine chronometers from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, marine chronometers are exceptionally accurate. Due to being the most accurate mechanical clock that is still portable, marine chronometers are often maintained on ships as a backup navigation device. Shop an array of marine chronometers from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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