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| Index No. A7411 | Gilt Lepine Calibre Duplex |
| A 19th Century Lepine calibre duplex in a gilt open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement. Signed and numbered suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork partly under a gilt cover. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, gilt escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Purpose made engine turned gilt dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Purpose made plain gilt open face case. Wound through gilt cuvette, number corresponding to that on the movement. | ||
| Signed | Ja"s M"cCabe Royal Exchange London 13887 | |
| Circa | 1830 | |
| Diameter | 46 mm | ||
| Depth | 6 mm |
| In the same series as No. 13326. It would have had a gold or silver case and dial similar to that watch. This design of movement was never popular with English makers. Viner frequently employed it, often with his pull winding mechanism. |
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