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Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 394

Pivoted Detent Model Escapement Alphonse Marin Cudraz, ?Echapt à détente demonstrative, Executé par AlphonseMarin Cudraz élève de son père à Paris?. Made circa 1850.

CHF 4,800 - 6,500

USD 4,500 - 6,000 / EUR 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 5,400

M. 124 x 70 mm, rectangular brass plate, turned baluster pillars, spring barrel, pivoted detent escapement with brass escape wheel, steel pivoted detent with separate bridge and spiral tensioning spring, fixed steel post with screw adjustment for the detent, notched bimetallic compensation balance with mean time and temperature adjustment screws, steel helical balance spring, index regulator, raised on a wood base. Signed. Dim. 124 x 70 x 85 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Movement: 3-7**

Good

Oxidized

Repair required, at buyer's expense