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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 130
Taillage des Colonnes et des "U" M.R., No. 10, French. Made circa 1890. Fine and very rare, brass and steel machine for cutting the U-shaped recesses on the cylinder escape wheel and rounding the shafts of the teeth.
CHF 5,200 - 7,000
EUR 3,300 - 4,500 / USD 4,200 - 5,700
Sold: CHF 5,664
Wood block base, steel and brass bed, steel arm for the wooden driving pulley, steel cradle with
crank handle, setting wheel, tool housing with multiple adjusting screws.
Signed on the side of the brass bed.
Dim. 34 x 18 x 20 cm.
Good condition
Notes
Provenance: The Belmont Collection.
Literature: "L'Echappement à Cylindre (1720-1950)", Henry L. Belmont, Editions Technicmedia, p. 123.