A CHARLES X BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
HENRI MOTEL, PARIS, NO. 41. CIRCA 1830
A CHARLES X BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER HENRI MOTEL, PARIS, NO. 41. CIRCA 1830 BOX: with inset plaque inscribed 'No. 41' to sliding top revealing glazed viewing port, lower section with brass diamond insets to sides, velvet-lined counter-weighted bowl, brass drum case with snap-on base, sliding cover to external winding square, start/stop square below bezel by V, this inscribed 'NO. 41 DEPOT GER DE LA MARINE', DIAL: 80 mm. diameter white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, signed 'Henri Motel/hger de la Marine/No.41', blued steel Breguet hands, the edge of the dial plate inscribed 'HRI MOTEL HGER DE LA MARINE' MOVEMENT: polished steel pillars, with single chain fusee, maintaining power, diamond endstones to Motel four arm bimetallic balance cut in four places and with four temperature compensation weights, palladium helical spring, pivoted spring detent escapement, the top plate signed 'Construite par hri Motel N. 41'; tipsy winding key, box key 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) square
A CHARLES X BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
HENRI MOTEL, PARIS, NO. 41. CIRCA 1830
A CHARLES X BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER HENRI MOTEL, PARIS, NO. 41. CIRCA 1830 BOX: with inset plaque inscribed 'No. 41' to sliding top revealing glazed viewing port, lower section with brass diamond insets to sides, velvet-lined counter-weighted bowl, brass drum case with snap-on base, sliding cover to external winding square, start/stop square below bezel by V, this inscribed 'NO. 41 DEPOT GER DE LA MARINE', DIAL: 80 mm. diameter white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, signed 'Henri Motel/hger de la Marine/No.41', blued steel Breguet hands, the edge of the dial plate inscribed 'HRI MOTEL HGER DE LA MARINE' MOVEMENT: polished steel pillars, with single chain fusee, maintaining power, diamond endstones to Motel four arm bimetallic balance cut in four places and with four temperature compensation weights, palladium helical spring, pivoted spring detent escapement, the top plate signed 'Construite par hri Motel N. 41'; tipsy winding key, box key 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) square
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