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A NAPOLEON III MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
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A NAPOLEON III MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER

SIMON VISSIÈRE, PARIS, NO. 124. CIRCA 1852

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A NAPOLEON III MAHOGANY TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER
SIMON VISSIÈRE, PARIS, NO. 124. CIRCA 1852
CASE: three-tier box with brass handles, brass skirted bowl and gimbal with bolt locking system DIAL: 800 mm. diameter white enamel regulator dial with state of wind sector at VI, signed 'VISSIÈRE/ARGENTEUIL (SEINE ET OISE)/NO. 124', blued steel Breguet hands MOVEMENT: full plate with chain fusee, Earnshaw-type spring detent to cut bimetallic balance with circular temperature compensation weights, bright steel helical balance spring, top plate signed 'VISSIÈRE/NO. 124'; tipsy winding key
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
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T. Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World, London, 1991, p. 249.
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Simon Vissière (1822-1887) was a student of Winnerl. He exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1852. In 1867 he was at Le Havre, where he had a small observatory in his home. A fine craftsman, he specialised in magnetic influence on chronometers.