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13 assorted timing weights
Advance / Retard Mechanism
Advance/ Retard Mechanism Retaining Stud
Advance/ Retard Mechanism Retaining Studs
Assorted timing weights
Beat plaque
Bell Jar
Bell jar
Brass plate with a steel screw
Condenser
Glass Plate
Glass plate and spacer
Impulse Roller and Frame
Manometer
Marine chronometer
Master clock
Master impulse arm and roller
Master impulsing unit
Master suspension unit
Master Tank
Microscope
Movement
Name plate
Pendulum
Pendulum Support
Pendulum Support Retaining Screws
Primary Slave Clock
Primary Slave Pendulum
Primary Slave Suspension
Six timing weights
Slave clock
Slave suspension unit
Small steel spring
Suspension
Suspension Clamp
Tank
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
Timing weight
Timing weights
Vernier Slave Clock
Vernier Slave Pendulum
Vernier Slave Suspension
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mahogany
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Abraham Louis Breguet & Fils
Shortt, William Hamilton
Synchronome Co Ltd
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French Ministry of Marine
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