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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 90

Swiss or French Franche Comte, 19th century.

CHF 3,000 - 3,500

Fine steel machine Vienot type, to cut columns and "U" of cylinder escape wheels, standing o a wooden base. Dim. 40 x 14 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4-6

Fair

Slightly oxidized

Notes

Such machines are often signed : Vienot Pere & Fils at Rosureux. For more information about the machines specially designed to produce cylinder escapements and the way to use them, please refer to Heny L. Belmont: L'EchaJ4eanent n. Cylindre (1 720-1 950); a similar machine is described pp. 122 to 125.