Gaumont/Demeny Chrono de Poche no. 396
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Gaumont/Demeny Chrono de Poche no. 396

Details
Gaumont/Demeny Chrono de Poche no. 396
L. Gaumont, Paris; 16mm., with Demeny movement signed SE DEMENY. BTE SGDG and stamped 396, the front with plate GAUMONT & CIE, 57 RUE SAINT-ROCH 57, PARIS, the lens mount stamped 396 (lacks lens and crank); a Watson wood-body microscopy camera (2)
Literature
c.f. Auer & Ory (1979), Histoire de la caméra ciné amateur, p. 64.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This camera is a later version of the 1900 model shown in Auer and Ory with a longer body to accommodate larger (and, therefore, longer running) 16mm. film spools and has blanked off viewing apertures on the top and front of the camera. There is provision for a motor to be fixed to the side of the camera instead of a handcrank.

The camera features the same Demeny movement found on the earlier camera.

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