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A very rare third quarter of the 19th century French four-day marine chronometer with pivotted detent M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151 image 1
A very rare third quarter of the 19th century French four-day marine chronometer with pivotted detent M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151 image 2
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A very rare third quarter of the 19th century French four-day marine chronometer with pivotted detent
M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151

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8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A very rare third quarter of the 19th century French four-day marine chronometer with pivotted detent

M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151
The two tier mahogany case with recess to the inner lid, the interior fitted with substantial gimbals and lock of characteristic French form, the heavily weighted bowl with sprung shutter to base, the signed 4.5 inch silvered Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and state of wind, the day indicated by numbers 1 to 4, with each half day indicated by 12, the chain fusee movement with maintaining power, the pivoted detent escapement mounted on a recessed sub-plate, the cut and compensated bimetallic balance with keystone weights to a blued steel helical spring and diamond endstone, impulsed by the pivoted detent with hairspring. 18cm (7in)

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