Main Clocks
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Berthoud marine clock no.2, with motor spring and double pendulum wheel, 1763.
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Berthoud marine clock no.3 1763.
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Berthoud chronometer no.24 (1782).
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Gilt-bronze mantel clock, dial signed Ferdinand Berthoud (Château de Compiègne).
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