A French mahogany two-day marine chronometer Henri Motel, No 107; Circa 1830 The frosted silvered dial signed and numbered Henri Motel hger de la Marine Rle N 107 , Roman hour numerals, blued steel Breguet hour and minute hands, subsidary seconds dial (at VI) with blued steel hand, external winding square in bowl (at III), 18,000 count train, the pillar plate with substantial brass cock carrying fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and finger stop-work, barrel and centre wheel, inscribed N 107 Hri Motel Hger De la Marine Rle , on the opposite side of the pillar plate three short brass conical pillars supporting sub-frame assembly carrying the remainder of the train and fifteen tooth escape wheel the tip of each drilled through at differing heights, Motel pivoted detent with jewelled locking stone, mounted above this sub-frame assembly and with conical grey-steel finish pillars, two brass bridges the upper one carrying an adjustable balance spring stud and small bridge with gold capped top balance pivot jewel, Motel four-armed bimetallic balance, the impulse jewel with steel protection strip, blued steel conical balance spring without terminal curves, brass drum bowl with sliding cover to external winding, start/stop mechanism (at VI) operated by female square in handle of winding key (numbered 107), in a gimballed green velvet-lined outer bowl, the knurled locking arm assembly locking the bowl and gimbal ring, plain two-tier mahogany box, the top with sliding cover and inset brass diamond-form plaque inscribed N 107. 78 mm. dial diam., box 160 x 160 x 135 mm.
A French mahogany two-day marine chronometer Henri Motel, No 107; Circa 1830 The frosted silvered dial signed and numbered Henri Motel hger de la Marine Rle N 107 , Roman hour numerals, blued steel Breguet hour and minute hands, subsidary seconds dial (at VI) with blued steel hand, external winding square in bowl (at III), 18,000 count train, the pillar plate with substantial brass cock carrying fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and finger stop-work, barrel and centre wheel, inscribed N 107 Hri Motel Hger De la Marine Rle , on the opposite side of the pillar plate three short brass conical pillars supporting sub-frame assembly carrying the remainder of the train and fifteen tooth escape wheel the tip of each drilled through at differing heights, Motel pivoted detent with jewelled locking stone, mounted above this sub-frame assembly and with conical grey-steel finish pillars, two brass bridges the upper one carrying an adjustable balance spring stud and small bridge with gold capped top balance pivot jewel, Motel four-armed bimetallic balance, the impulse jewel with steel protection strip, blued steel conical balance spring without terminal curves, brass drum bowl with sliding cover to external winding, start/stop mechanism (at VI) operated by female square in handle of winding key (numbered 107), in a gimballed green velvet-lined outer bowl, the knurled locking arm assembly locking the bowl and gimbal ring, plain two-tier mahogany box, the top with sliding cover and inset brass diamond-form plaque inscribed N 107. 78 mm. dial diam., box 160 x 160 x 135 mm.
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