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A CHARLES X MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
HENRI MOTEL, HORLOGER DE LA MARINE, NO. 107. CIRCA 1830
A CHARLES X MAHOGANY TWO DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER HENRI MOTEL, HORLOGER DE LA MARINE, NO. 107. CIRCA 1830 BOX: two-tier box, top sliding cover with brass plaque, brass gimbal and green velvet-lined counter-weighted bowl, brass drum case with sliding cover to external winding, start/stop square to VI DIAL: 80 mm. diameter silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, signed 'Henri Motel/hger de la Marine Rle/N.107', blued steel Breguet hands; tipsy winding key numbered '107' and with female square in handle for stop/start MOVEMENT: substantial brass cock carrying fusee with Harrison's maintaining power and stop-work, barrel and centre wheel, inscribed 'N 107 HRI MOTEL HGER DE LA MARINE RLE', sub-frame carrying the remainder of the train, Motel pivoted detent escapement to four-armed cut bimetallic balance with temperature compensation weights, blued steel conical balance spring; winding key 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) square