Mayer / Jaccard du Gros 19 1/4''' Lépine
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19 1/4”’ | Hand Wind | Swiss Lever | Small Seconds |
Remarks:
- Lépine = open face movement
- The Swiss manufacturer Jaccard du Gros was taken over by the German merchant Max Mayer from Berlin in 1906
- The design of this movement looks much older than 1906. Perhaps it was intended to imitate the Glashütte design
- Listing ID: 14092
- Manufacturer / Brand: Mayer / Jaccard du Gros
- Caliber: 19 1/4''' Lépine
- Size in French Lignes: 19 1/4'''
- Size range mm largest diameter: > 40 mm
- Shape: Round
- Winding: Manual (Crown)
- Hands Setting: Crown with pin/pusher
- Seconds Hand: Small seconds
- Escapement: Lever (Swiss, English, Glashütte)
- Date, Day, Month...: None
- Jewels: 15
- Setting Lever Screw/Pin Position: Left
- Balance Position: Right (0 - 120°)
- Shock Protection: None
- Beats per hour: 18,000
- Balance Type: Bimetallic screw balance with Breguet hairspring
- Power Reserve: Unknown
- Production Period: Unknown, probably around 1906
- Country: Switzerland / Germany
- Identification: Movement marked with S. J. G (registered 1906 by Max Meyer, succesor of Arthur Jaccard du Gros). Not listed in any movement identifier known to me.
- Contributor ©: Uhrforum.de member Badener (Andreas Kelz)

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