c.1860 French Two Day Mahogany Chronometer.
Inv. #: e57
Maker: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Simon Vissiere, Au Havre, No. 192</span>
Circa: 1860
Size: 6.625in. Square.
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Case
The mahogany three tier case has brass corners to the top, hinged handles to the side, a brass escutcheon and a round bone insert.
Dial
The small round white regulator style porcelain dial has Arabic numbers for the five-minute marks on the outside minute chapter, two subsidiary dials with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numbers for the ten-second marks, an up/down indicator marked 0-49, steel-cut Breguet style hands and it is signed in the center 'Vissiere, Au Havre, (Seine Infre), No.192'.
Movement
The two-day movement is housed in a weighted gimballed tub with a shutter back for winding, has screwed, turned posts, a bimetallic balance with adjustable timing and compensation weights, a conical hairspring, a detent escapement, a chain fusee and is engraved on the back, 'Vissiere No. 192'.
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