Vissiere

Vissiere, 56 rue de l'Ouest, Paris, No. 243, sold to the Depot de la Marine, circa 1860. Fine small mahogany, 49 hour going, marine chronometer with regulator dial and power reserve indicator. Three body mahogany box with external brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension mounted on shock absorber. Silvered with subsidiary small Roman our chapter ring, symmetrical Arabic seconds ring and up-and-down sector below, outer Arabic minutes ring on the border. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 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. Notes Simon Vissiere (1822-1887) Born in Paris, he clued at Gannet. He was a pupil of Winncrl and made special research on magnetic influence. He was awarded a silver medal at the Exhibition in 1849 an also exhibited in 1851 and in London in 1852. He patented in 1867 a chronometer balance. He had Theodore Marie Leroy as pupil. He established his workshop at Le Havre in 1867 where he constructed a small observatory at his home.