English one day ship’s chronometer in mahogany box Circa 1830

Brass ship’s chronometer by William Goffe
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A small English one day ship’s chronometer in a mahogany box, circa 1830.
The case is a mahogany box with brass inlays, inlaid mother of pearl signature shield, screwed on handles, case key, brass gimbals and bowl, three-body, and with lid and glass. The signed dial is enamel with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, and spade hands. And the decorated, brass movement has moulded pillars, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement according to Thomas Earnshaw, a three-arm compensation balance with three movable weights and three regulation screws, free-sprung blued helical balance spring, chatoned ruby endstone on escape and seconds wheel, and chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Dimensions: 150 x 160 x 150 mm
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Signed: William Goffe, Falmouth
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William Goffe, English clock and chronometer maker
William Goffe was based in Falmouth around 1825. He became known for selling very good quality watches. He obtained the (raw) works from London, mostly made by Robert Pennington senior. John Charles Frémont used a chronometer No. 837 by William Goffe and a Brockbank No. 937 on his expeditions in America.
He was entitled; Chronometer maker to his Majesty’s Packets. The post office’s parcel service goes back to the Tudor period and was operated until 1823; then the Admiralty took over this service. Originally, the postal service allowed parcels to be carried to and from the country’s embassies, colonies and outposts by mail ships.