The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 46

Vissière, 56 rue de l'Ouest, Paris, No. 243, sold to the Dépôt de la Marine, circa 1860.Fine small mahogany, 49 hour going, marine chronometer with regulator dial and power reserve indicator.

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

C. Three body mahogany box with external brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension mounted on shock absorber. D. Silvered with subsidiary small Roman hour chapter ring, symmetrical Arabic seconds ring and Up-and-Down sector below, outer Arabic minutes ring on the border. Blued-steel Breguet hands.M. Brass full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws. Free sprung polished-steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and diamond end-stone.Signed on the box, dial and movement.Dial diam. 80 mm.Dim. 16 x 16 x 17 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 4 - 5
Dial: 4 - 5 - 6 - 01

Notes

Simon Vissière, (1822-1887). Born in Paris, he died at Cannet. He was a pupil of Winnerl and made special research on magnetic influence. He was awarded a Silver Medal at the Exhibition in 1849 and also exhibited in 1851 as well as in London in 1852. He patented a chronometer balance in 1867. He had Théodore-Marie Leroy as pupil. He established his workshop at Le Havre in 1867 where he constructed a small observatory in his home.