RARE CHRONOMETRE DE MARINE FRANCAIS DU DEBUT DU 19EME SIECLE EN ACAJOU A fine and rare early 19th century French mahogany marine chronometer

Berthoud Freres, No. 216

Berthoud Freres, No. 216
The two-part case with solid lid opening to reveal the 8cms signed and numbered silvered dial with outer minute ring framing the subsidiaries for hours and running seconds, with power reserve sector at 10 marked in 8-hour increments to 24, blued steel Breguet style hands, the movement with sun-burst decorative finish, tapering pillars, chain fusee and maintaining power to a two-armed compensated balance with blued steel helical spring to a pivoted detent escapement.

15.5cms wide.

Provenance:
Antiquorum, Geneva, Nov 14, 1993. Sold for CHF32,200.

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