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Title: Stop watch
Post by: EditedAbyss on May 08, 2012, 05:20:27 PM

Hey i acquired a H. Morin 3. Rue Boursault stop watch and wanted to know the history and the value of this piece.

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: sapphire on May 08, 2012, 05:48:31 PM

Can you post some pics please?  :)

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: KC on May 09, 2012, 10:59:48 AM

Need pics.   Boursault is French.

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: EditedAbyss on May 10, 2012, 03:45:57 PM

i posted them

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: regularjoe2 on May 10, 2012, 08:53:13 PM

H. Morin started a business @ rue Boursault nr. 3 around either 1860/1880 ('contrary/dueling' data on date of origin) in Paris , whose primary product line was a variety of mathematical instruments , including (but not limited to) survey instruments , tachymetrical slide-rules and map-making tools .

The U.S. Army Signal Corps used a couple of his instruments during the first World War , original one of which is in the image below .

The business moved from its' old address around the turn of the century to 11 rue Dulong , Paris .
Rumor has it that 'they' were still in business in France in 1954 .

There's a nice PDF at - www.rechenschieber. org/stadia.pdf , with a couple of nice images of an H. Morin 19th century tachymetrical slide rule that had been  constructed in 'German Sliver' .

I'd give my very best guess that your stopwatch item may be from the 1890's , and was intended for TSD calculations (time,speed,distance) & it's a bit of a pity that the back is missing .

Cool little item , EditedAbyss !

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: EditedAbyss on May 10, 2012, 09:31:35 PM

thank you, I picked up this piece for 3.50$ at Braswell galleries

Title: Re: Stop watch
Post by: KC on May 10, 2012, 11:46:38 PM

Nice buy!

Thanks for beating me to it regularjoe!