The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 48

E. Delépine à St. Nicolas, près Dieppe, France,No. 1764, made in 1896.Fine 49 hour going mahogany marine chronometer with power reserve indicator.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

C. Three body mahogany box with external handles, the glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer minute ring subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down sector. Gilt brass "pear" hands. M. Brass spotted finished, full plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, inverted fusee with maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm compensation balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, diamond end-stone,free sprung palladium helical balance spring.Signed on the dial, back plate and mahogany box.Dial diam. 92 mm.Dim. 16,5 x 16,5 x 17,5 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

According to the records of Paul Rudolphe, Watchmaker to the French Navy, who overhauled it in 1993, this chronometer was previously overhauled by Leroy in 1930.Emile Delépine established in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont, in 1886. He entered the "Trials", the French National Marine concourse and came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 7th. Leroy filled the other top places. Thirty-three marine chronometers were successfully entered.He exhibited chronometers in Rouen in 1895 and gained a Grand Prix in Paris, 1910, using steel and platinum balance springs.J. Fournier (1834-1920) married his daughter, and succeeded to him in 1895, his own production followed the serial numbers of his father-in-law.