106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 178
James Murset
A rare deck chronometer with 36h power reserve indicator
Sold
estimated
4.000—5.000 €
Price realized
4.900 €
specific features
Case
Mahogany.
Dial
Silvered.
Movement
Brass movement, 61 mm, spring detent escapement according to Thomas Earnshaw, bimetallic chronometer balance with 4 screws and 2 weights.
Diam.130 x 70 x 120 mm
Circa1885
Ctry.Switzerland
An interesting object signed James Murset, of whom hardly any of his own work is known, but who sometimes appears on Albert H. Potter watches with the signature "James Murset, Horloger - Régleur".
Swiss watchmaker Louis James Murset was born on 7 March 1865 in Diesse near Biel. He probably lived in Besançon, as his two children were born there. A date of Murset's death is not yet known.
Source: www.watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Murset,_Louis_James, as of 05/09/2022.