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A VERY RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH PIVOTTED DETENT M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,500 - £5,000
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A VERY RARE MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FOUR-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER WITH PIVOTTED DETENT
M. Viel-Robin, Paris, No.151
The two tier mahogany case with typical double-throw key, long hinge and sliding support to the inside, the substantial gimbals locked via a heavy brass quadrant bracket with sliding pin, the heavily weighted bowl with sprung shutter to underside, the matt-silvered signed 4.5 inch Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and state of wind, the day indicated by numbers 1 to 4, with each half day indicated by 12 hours, 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)
The two tier mahogany case with typical double-throw key, long hinge and sliding support to the inside, the substantial gimbals locked via a heavy brass quadrant bracket with sliding pin, the heavily weighted bowl with sprung shutter to underside, the matt-silvered signed 4.5 inch Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and state of wind, the day indicated by numbers 1 to 4, with each half day indicated by 12 hours, 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)